- May 5, 2023
Kerala Story: The Kerala Story: NYC and Fraternity Movement hold protest in theatre in Kochi | India News – Times of India
KOCHI: Kochi Shenoy’s theatre, where the controversial movie ‘The Kerala Story’ was screened on Friday, witnessed a protest by the workers of the Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC), the youth wing of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Fraternity Movement, the youth wing of Welfare Party. Around 50 policemen were deployed at the theatre anticipating the protests.
The protesters were stopped by the police using the barricades in front of the theatre, following which they sat on the road and raised slogans demanding a ban on the movie. They were later removed by the police. Some of the NYC workers entered the theatre attempting to disrupt the show but were immediately removed by the police.
The NYC workers alleged that the movie, which discussed forced conversion and women’s radicalisation, was an attempt to fuel the divisive propaganda of the Sangh Parivar.
Terming the movie a bundle of lies, Fraternity Movement workers said that the film attempted to divide the people in the name of religion.
They rejected the claims made by the makers of the movie earlier that around 32,000 women in Kerala were converted to Islam and trafficked to join the terrorist group Islamic State (IS).
Meanwhile, BJP sympathisers and local leaders were among the audience for the first show of the movie at the theatre.
Even though two other multiplexes and theatres listed the movie for screening and opened booking, they later cancelled the shows.
The protesters were stopped by the police using the barricades in front of the theatre, following which they sat on the road and raised slogans demanding a ban on the movie. They were later removed by the police. Some of the NYC workers entered the theatre attempting to disrupt the show but were immediately removed by the police.
The NYC workers alleged that the movie, which discussed forced conversion and women’s radicalisation, was an attempt to fuel the divisive propaganda of the Sangh Parivar.
Terming the movie a bundle of lies, Fraternity Movement workers said that the film attempted to divide the people in the name of religion.
They rejected the claims made by the makers of the movie earlier that around 32,000 women in Kerala were converted to Islam and trafficked to join the terrorist group Islamic State (IS).
Meanwhile, BJP sympathisers and local leaders were among the audience for the first show of the movie at the theatre.
Even though two other multiplexes and theatres listed the movie for screening and opened booking, they later cancelled the shows.
