Mamata proclaims ban on screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ in Bengal
2 min readBy IANS
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a ban on the screening of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ throughout the state.
She moreover instructed Chief Secretary H Ok Dwivedi to take the required steps to ensure the imposition of the ban.
“Certain scenes in the film can affect peace and harmony in West Bengal. So, we have decided to ban its screening everywhere in the state. The decision has been taken to maintain peace and harmony,” the Chief Minister knowledgeable mediapersons on Monday.
While saying the ban, she moreover took a dig on the Left authorities in Kerala for not taking an identical step.
“I do not support CPI(M). I want to speak about people. CPI(M) has a clandestine understanding with the BJP. Instead of just criticising the film, the Kerala government should have taken a similar step,” Banerjee said.
She moreover said that positive political occasions are collaborating in with fire.
“They are trying to create division among the people on the basis of religion and caste. That is why ‘The Kashmir Files’ was made just to malign the people of a particular community. And now we have ‘The Kerala Story’, which is yet another untrue story with distorted facts,” she said.
Banerjee moreover said that she has particulars about plans to return again out with ‘The Bengal Files’ subsequent.
“Now they are trying to malign the image of West Bengal,” the Chief Minister said.
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a ban on the screening of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ throughout the state.
She moreover instructed Chief Secretary H Ok Dwivedi to take the required steps to ensure the imposition of the ban.
“Certain scenes in the film can affect peace and harmony in West Bengal. So, we have decided to ban its screening everywhere in the state. The decision has been taken to maintain peace and harmony,” the Chief Minister knowledgeable mediapersons on Monday.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
While saying the ban, she moreover took a dig on the Left authorities in Kerala for not taking an identical step.
“I do not support CPI(M). I want to speak about people. CPI(M) has a clandestine understanding with the BJP. Instead of just criticising the film, the Kerala government should have taken a similar step,” Banerjee said.
She moreover said that positive political occasions are collaborating in with fire.
“They are trying to create division among the people on the basis of religion and caste. That is why ‘The Kashmir Files’ was made just to malign the people of a particular community. And now we have ‘The Kerala Story’, which is yet another untrue story with distorted facts,” she said.
Banerjee moreover said that she has particulars about plans to return again out with ‘The Bengal Files’ subsequent.
“Now they are trying to malign the image of West Bengal,” the Chief Minister said.
