Madras HC dismisses plea seeking ban against "The Kerala Story"
Chennai, May 4: The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the controversial multilingual film 'The Kerala Story'.
A division bench of the court said the matter had already been handled by the Supreme Court and the Kerala High Court.
The PIL was filed by city-based journalist-activist B R Aravindakshan.
He tweeted that the case had been "dismissed", even as he stated that the bench had asked him why he had approached the court in the "last hour", and that had he come earlier, the court could have asked someone to watch the film and decide.
Aravindakshan said he had requested the Centre in November last year "to verify the truth of the information in the teaser of that film."
The film claims that young Hindu women were radicalised and converted to Islam in Kerala and inducted into the terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS).
"But they have issued a censor certificate without taking any action on my petition. So I approached the court as per law to direct the central government to check the number of women who have converted and joined the extremist movement, after 177 days without any other option," Aravindakshan added.
The Sudipto Sen-directed film is scheduled to be released on Friday.
The Supreme Court had earlier on Thursday refused to entertain a petition challenging the censor board certification granted to the controversial movie.
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TMC will be voted back to power in Bengal: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna (PTI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, on Tuesday exuded confidence that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC will again be voted to power in West Bengal.
Yadav returned to Patna after a four-day poll campaign in West Bengal.
“The atmosphere there is euphoric and people want to bring Didi (Mamata Banerjee) back to power. I am fully confident that the TMC will win the election,” he told reporters here.
He said that a large number of people from Bihar living in West Bengal share a lot of love and respect for Mamata Banerjee.
Responding to BJP’s allegations that the TMC had “ruined” West Bengal during its tenure, the RJD leader said the “entire country has been ruined under the Narendra Modi-led government”.
“I want to ask one question to Modi ji – you have been prime minister for more than 11 years, tell me one thing you have done for Bengal,” Yadav said.
The first phase of elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
