West Bengal Govt Bans ‘The Kerala Story’

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The Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a press convention conveyed her choice to ban the movie ‘The Kerala Story’. Whereas bashing the movie as a propaganda of the BJP to defame the folks of Kerala and terming the movie as a ‘distorted story, Mamata Banarjee ordered the Chief secretary Harikrishna Dwivedi ban the movie throughout all of the cinema halls in each district within the state.

The transfer comes simply after the Tamil Nadu Theatre and Multiplex homeowners Affiliation had determined to cease the screening of the movie. Mamata Banerjee who usually criticizes the BJP of curbing freedom of speech has stated that the movie Kashmir Information (which proven the genocide of Kashmiri Pundits within the 90s), was made to defame the Kashmiris, now the Kerala story is made to defame the folks of Kerala and additional she alleged {that a} movie Bengal Information is being made to make a story and criticize the folks of Bengal.

 Whereas saying that Bengal is a peace loving state and a state which runs on structure, she ordered the ban citing a menace to legislation and order.

Reacting to the Ban on the movie producer Vipul Shah had stated that they may discover out there authorized avenues and act in response to provision of legislation.

This order acquired critical criticism from many sections of society and particularly the BJP. Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar through a tweet stated that it was anticipated of the TMC to ban the movie which exposes the true tales of how Hindu women are trapped into Love Jihad and later despatched to ISIS. Union minister Anurag Thakur, whereas criticizing the transfer stated that Mamata Banerjee had carried out injustice to the sisters and daughters of West Bengal by banning the movie.

The Kerala Story

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The Kerala Story, a movie directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Shah is a narrative of ‘three’ women in Kerala who had been brainwashed and transformed to Islam and had been despatched to ISIS camps in Afghanistan and Syria. The Adah Sharma starrer movie makes an attempt to reveal the ‘love jihad’ entice which goals to transform helpless Hindu and Christian women to Islam.

Whereas the movie is impressed by true occasions, as stated by the makers, some parts of fiction are added to the movie. Initially the movie claimed {that a} whole 32000 hindu women had been transformed and despatched to ISIS, later the quantity was lowered to 3 within the official teaser of the movie.

The movie has acquired a backlash from sure sections of society for defaming the Muslim group and exhibiting them in dangerous mild. Many petitions had been filed earlier than the Supreme Court docket and the Kerala Excessive Court docket to ban, keep or edit the movie however the Apex court docket and the Kerala Excessive Court docket refused.

A number of BJP dominated state governments have made the film tax free. MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan through a video stated that the movie makes folks conscious of Love Jihad. It’s to be famous that the MP already has a legislation to cease unlawful and forceful conversions. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through a tweet stated that the UP authorities had determined to make the film tax free.