‘Vivek Agnihotri son of Madhya Pradesh’: MP CM promises to set up museum to commemorate Kashmiri Pandit genocide
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that state govt will help in all possible ways to director Vivek Agnihotri"s proposal of setting up a "genocide museum"
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Bhopal, March 25: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday, praised filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri and his film The Kashmir Files and said the state government will help in all possible ways to Vivek Agnihotri's proposal of setting up a 'genocide museum'.
The film is at the centre of a controversy over the depiction of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.
"I thank Vivek ji for bringing the pain of our Kashmiri brothers and sisters in front of the world," the chief minister said as Vivek Agnihotri paid a visit to the chief minister on Friday. "The movie, as Vivek Ji said and I also agree, is not aimed at spreading hatred, but to bring out the truth so that no other area becomes Kashmir," the CM said.
"Vivek ji is a son of Madhya Pradesh. He was brought up in Bhopal. Earlier, I used to think he is my senior. But then we discussed our age and found out that I am his senior," Singh said.
The film is at the centre of a controversy over the depiction of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.
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The MP govt was one of the first states to declare the movie tax-free. On March 13, two days after the movie was released, Shivraj Singh Chouhan made The Kashmir Files tax-free as he said the movie needs to be watched by maximum people.