Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Tuesday hailed the decision of the Yogi Adityanath government for making the recently released film 'The Kerala Story' tax-free in the state and urged people to watch the movie.
This comes a day after the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal banned the film 'The Kerala Story' citing "maintenance of peace" and to avoid incidents of "hatred and violence" in the state.
West Bengal became the first state to ban the film,' The Kerala Story' which narrates the ordeal of three women who are trafficked to ISIS camps after being converted to Islam through marriage.
Rajesh Kumar Singh, secretary Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has highlighted that the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which was negotiated in just 88 days, was path-breaking and has become a significant turning point
The West Bengal government in a notification on Monday said that the movie 'The Kerala Story' is "likely to cause a breach of peace" and that it has prohibited the screening of the film to avoid "any incident of hatred or violence to maintain law and order in the state".
Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, said the death of 22 persons in the boat tragedy at Tanur in Malappuram on Sunday was a cause for great sorrow.
Bharatiya Janata Party state chief Sukanta Majumdar on Monday, hit out against the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over banning 'The Kerala Story' movie in the state and said that this shows the "hypocrisy" of the CM.