Uproar over ‘The Kashmir Files’ in Bihar meeting

Express News Service

PATNA: The Bihar meeting on Monday witnessed uproar over the distribution of free tickets to legislators for watching the Hindi film The Kashmir Files. The opposition events boycotted the particular screening of the movie exhibiting the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits.

The opposition legislators tore the tickets quickly after they had been distributed within the House. The legislators belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal and left events trooped into the properly of the House and tore the tickets. The Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, nonetheless, saved requesting them to take their seats and make any feedback after watching the film.

Earlier, deputy chief minister and senior BJP chief Tarkishore Prasad had invited all of the members to observe the movie made on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits through the Nineteen Nineties. On March 17, the federal government introduced the movie was tax-free within the state.

Expressing his displeasure, Mahboob Alam of the CPI-ML stated, “This is an attempt to spread hatred in the society. The film targets a particular community, which can not be justified. The free distribution of tickets is not fair.”

The Speaker adjourned the proceedings of the House for practically half an hour as chaos prevailed. Later exterior the meeting, the members of each side of the political spectrum freely vented their ire in opposition to one another.