TMC slams The Kerala Story: ‘No truth… Based on falsehood’

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday alleged that the movie ‘The Kerala Story’, which has been banned from screening in West Bengal, is based on falsehood. Addressing a news conference, party’s youth wing president Saayoni Ghosh said, “There is no truth in The Kerala Story. It is based on complete falsehood. There is no fact. Why are movies not made on the Gujarat riots?”

Asked about the state government’s decision to ban the movie in Bengal, Ghosh said, “Aamir Khan’s movie Fanaa was banned in Gujarat when Narendra Modi was Chief Minister. Questions were not raised at that time. The state government here took a decision to banthe movie after felt that it could jeopardise the peace and harmony in the state. The movie Stalin was banned in Tamil Nadu. No one raised any questions. When it comes to Mamata Banerjee, everyone has to raise questions. This is mainly due to the fact that Mamata Banerjee is a factor in the nation’s politics after Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

On Monday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that certain scenes in the film can affect peace and harmony in the state. “we have decided to ban its screening everywhere in the state. The decision has been taken to maintain peace and harmony,” the Chief Minister had said.

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Since then, three public interest litigations (PILs) have been filed at the Calcutta High Court challenging the West Bengal government’s decision to ban the screening of the movie.

Meanwhile, BJP workers  held protests in several areas of the city against the ban. At Taltala in central Kolkata, the police detained several BJP workers after they staged a protest over the issue.