1. Virtual Ban on exhibiting Fanna
25 May 2006
Press Statement
The virtual ban on the showing of the film Fanna in Gujarat is an indication of the extreme intolerance displayed by the ruling party and its organisations in Gujarat to any dissenting opinion. The reported assurance of police protection to any film theatre showing the film by the Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, is an eye-wash since it is under his leadership that the front organisations of the sangh combine are threatening film theatre owners against showing the film. The ire of the protesters is against the solidarity expressed by actor Aamir Khan for the demand for rehabilitation of the thousands of adivasi and peasant families displaced by the Narmada project.
The state government is behaving as if it is above the Constitution of India which grants the freedom of expression to every individual. Such actions of the sangh combine in Gujarat under the patronage of the government has serious implications for democratic rights of the people of Gujarat and indeed for all Indian citizens. We demands that the Modi government and the party he leads uphold the law of the country.
Sometime on Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:57:32PM +0530, Vikram Vincent said:
- Virtual Ban on exhibiting Fanna
Hello Vikram Vincent,
How does screening of a movie relate to free software users group?
Anurag