Shiromani Akali Dal ki Delhi unit ne Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) se appeal ki hai ki Kangana Ranaut-starrer ‘Emergency‘ ki release roki jaye. Party ka kehna hai ki film communal tension ko barhawa de sakti hai aur misinformation faila sakti hai.
Kangana Ranaut, jo BJP MP bhi hain, film mein former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ka kirdar nibhati hain. Ye film 6 September ko screens per aayegi.
Delhi president Paramjit Singh Sarna ne board ko bheje letter mein kaha ki film ka trailer jo recently release hua, “galat historical facts ko dikhata hai jo Sikh community ko galat tarike se depict karta hai aur nafrat aur social discord ko barhawa deta hai.”
Sarna ne kaha ki aise depictions na sirf misleading hai balki Punjab aur poore desh ke social fabric ke liye deeply offensive aur damaging hain.
Emergency,
jo 25 June 1975 ko Gandhi-led Congress government ne impose kiya tha, ne nearly do saalon ke liye civil rights ko suspend kar diya tha.
Sarna ne kaha, “Is film ke communal tensions aur misinformation failane ke potential ko dekhte hue, main CBFC se request karta hoon ki wo apni authority ka istemal karke iski release ko roke.”
Unhone yeh bhi kaha ki “freedom of speech aur hate content ki propagation ke beech ek clear line honi chahiye jo hamari society ki harmony ko threat karti hai.”
‘Emergency’ Ranaut ka pehla release hai BJP ticket se Mandi se MP elect hone ke baad, jo unke native Himachal Pradesh se hai.
BJP-led central government ne 12 July ko announce kiya tha ki 25 June, jis din Emergency declare kiya gaya tha 1975 mein, ko ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’ ke roop mein observe kiya jayega, taaki un logon ke “massive contributions” ko yaad kiya ja sake jo us period ki inhuman pains ko sahna pade.
