New Delhi: Hours after the West Bengal government announced a ban on the film ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee on Monday criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, calling her “anti-Hindu, anti-India and anti-India”. Said ‘opponent’. women’. Talking to news agency ANI, Chatterjee also said that this ban has been imposed for ‘Muslim votes’.
“She has made a huge mistake. She doesn’t know Bengalis… If she is banning ‘The Kerala Story’, it seems Mamata Banerjee is anti-Hindu, anti-India and anti-women. Film on ISIS is based.” Nothing else. It means she is trying to get this film banned to hide something,” said Locket Chatterjee.
The BJP MP said that Mamta is banning a film by Bengali filmmaker Sudipto Sen.
“She seeks votes in the name of Bengalis but bans a film made on Muslims. This is done for Muslim votes,” he said.
Earlier on Monday, a senior official of the West Bengal government said that Mamta Banerjee Order to immediately ban the exhibition of controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ To avoid ‘any incident of hatred and violence’.
West Bengal said, “To avoid any incident of hatred and violence and to maintain peace in the state, the Chief Minister has directed an immediate ban on the screening of ‘The Kerala Story’. Any cinema halls violating the ban Action will be taken against.” government official told news agency PTI.
Banerjee, at a press conference, alleged that ‘The Kashmir Files’ was made to humiliate a section of the society, while ‘The Kerala Story’ was a distorted film aimed at defaming the southern state.
West Bengal became the first state to ban the filmAn action which Union minister Anurag Thakur said was beyond his understanding as to why the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief’s sympathies were with terror outfits and not with innocent girls of Kerala.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Thakur said, “Mamata Banerjee has done injustice to the sisters and daughters of West Bengal by banning the film. She should tell whether she is standing with or against those promoting terrorist ideology.” told reporters.
The West Bengal BJP unit said the ban was a blatant attempt to undermine ‘freedom of expression’ and appease a section of the minority community to serve its political interests. The TMC termed the allegations against the party as ‘baseless’ and accused the BJP of trying to create a ‘communal narrative’ across the country ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Directed by Sudipto Sen, the film depicts how women from Kerala were forced to convert to Islam and recruited by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS). The film, which released on May 5, has created a political storm.