BJP organises special screening of 'The Kerala Story' in Thiruvananthapuram
Bharatiya Janata Party's cultural forum 'Tapasya' organised a special screening of the film 'The Kerala Story' in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram district on Friday.
BJP arranged the special screening today morning at 11.20 at Aries Plus Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram.
Censor Board member and state secretary Tapasya, GM Mahesh said that all have the right to expression and added that the movie 'The Kerala Story' tells facts so let people of Kerala watch and evaluate.
"BJP supporters watched the movie during the special screening. Let Kerala society watch and evaluate the movie. It tells the facts. All have the right to expression and why should people fear this movie", Mahesh said.
Mahesh further said that there is a planned campaign against the release of this movie.
"There is a planned campaign against the release of this movie. In our constitution, fundamental rights and right to expression are important ones. Any person has the right to expression. Cinema is an art in which shows the real issues faced by society", he said.
Mahesh added, "This movie is talking about love jihad which has been discussed over 20 years and also about forced conversions. The present government tells that there are no conversions happening in the state right now. But earlier VS Achuthanandan and Oommen Chandy governments had spoken based on data that conversion and love jihad took place here."
