New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Saroj Pandey on Saturday said that the issues shown in the film ‘The Kerala Story’ are happening not only in Kerala but across the country. Talking to reporters, he also urged Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to announce film tax free in the state,
I want to tell the CM to declare this film tax free in Chhattisgarh. The issues shown in the film have been happening continuously in Chhattisgarh, be it religious conversion or love jihad. Chhattisgarh is sitting on a powder keg. which can explode at any moment. This is not just the story of Kerala but of (West) Bengal, Chhattisgarh and the entire country”, Saroj Pandey said.
The Rajya Sabha MP also alleged that the ‘poisonous seeds’ of Love Jihad and ISIS activities, which are flourishing inside the country with the ‘silent support of Congress and Leftist culture’, have to be prevented from becoming trees.
“This story will spread awareness among our daughters, to prevent them from falling into conspiracies like love jihad and tools of terror,” she added.
The BJP leader further said that the Congress is in a ‘chakma’ over ‘The Kerala Story’ as it is based on true incidents of love jihad of thousands of Hindu daughters.
“The film brings to fore the horrific reality of forced conversions of women and being pushed into terrorism,” she said.
Starring Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani in lead roles, ‘The Kerala Story’ revolves around a group of women in Kerala who are forced to convert and join the terrorist group ISIS.
Directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amritlal Shah, the film hit the theaters on 5 May after the Kerala High Court refused to stay the film’s release.
The film’s trailer was criticized as it claimed that 32,000 girls from Kerala went missing and later joined ISIS. Facing backlash, the makers then withdrew the figure and called the film a story of three women from Kerala in its trailer description.
Hotly debated film on conversion is at the center of national discourse Prime Minister Narendra Modi credited it for carrying out terrorist conspiracies And on Friday used it to attack the Congress during a rally in Karnataka.