Mumbai, 11th April: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday criticised the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for endorsing Vivek Agnihotri-directed ‘The Kashmir Files,’
“A movie (The Kashmir Files) showed atrocities on Hindus. It depicted that majority always attacks the minority and when that majority is Muslim, the Hindu community gets insecure. It is unfortunate that people in power promoted this movie,” Pawar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Many BJP leaders, including union ministers, endorsed the movie. Several BJP-ruled states including Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Goa also made the film tax-free, which led to a large section of the audience going to the theatre to watch the film.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also spoke about ‘The Kashmir Files’, and slammed the critics in response to the negative reviews. “Those people who claim to be flag bearers of freedom of speech, are furious for the past 5-6 days. Instead of praising the film based on facts, they are out to discredit Kashmir Files,” he said days after the movie’s release.
