Congress which supports BBC Documentary, now opposes movie based on true event 'The Kerala Story'
The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M), also lashed out against the film and said its trailer itself hurt religious sentiments.
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Kochi, April 29 :Fearing that the spine-chilling truth of Kerala might come in front of the people through the ‘The Kerala Story’ which narrates the pain of 32000 such converted Muslim women from Kerala who were sent to ISIS as terrorists, Congress on Friday urged the government not to give permission to screen the movie.
It should be noted that the much awaited ‘The Kerala Story’, written and directed by Sudipto Sen, “unearths” the events behind “ 32,000 women” going missing in the southern state who have allegedly converted, radicalised and deployed in terror missions in India and the world.
Days after the launch of the trailed, the leader of Opposition in the State Assembly V D Satheesan rejected the claims of the movie makers and said it was clear that the intention of the upcoming movie was to tarnish the image of the state at the international level.
Both the @INCKerala @IYCKerala , and @CPIMKerala who gladly supported the @BBCWorld documentary that tried to undermine the sanctity of Indian institutions are opposing the screening of #TheKeralaStory with all their might. Every freedom the opposition claims to fight for… https://t.co/YsCj4sejMn
— Anil K Antony (@anilkantony) April 28, 2023
“Permission should not be given to screen the film which falsely claims that 32,000 women in Kerala have been converted into Islam and became members of ISIS,” the Congress leader said.
He added that, “This is not an issue of freedom of expression but part of an attempt to implement the Sangh Parivar agenda of creating division in the society by casting aspersions on the minority groups.” “No one should think that Kerala can be divided by spewing the poison of communalism,” he said adding that the state would stand united — as has been its tradition — against this “deliberate move to foster religious rivalry”.
‘The Kerala Story’, starring Adah Sharma, is set to be released in cinemas on May 5.The film is based on the true stories of Hindu and Christian girls in Kerala who were first trapped into love jihad by Islamists in Kerala and later sent to Iraq and Syria to become ISIS terrorists.
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