Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Don’t allow film screening with controvers­ial scenes: Tanwar

JOINING THE BANDWAGON Haryana Congress president says nobody has the right to hurt the sentiments of any community and censor board shouldn’t allow the screening of the movie

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

KARNAL: Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ashok Tanwar on Sunday said the makers of Padmavati should end the controvers­y by removing controvers­ial scenes from the film, which is facing countrywid­e protests from the Rajput community.

“Nobody has the right to hurt the sentiments of any community. Whether they are directors, actors or producers, they should respect the sentiments of others and remove the controvers­ial scenes,” he said, adding if the directors do not edit the scenes, the censor board should not allow the screening of the movie in cinema halls.

Tanwar, who was here to participat­e in a bike rally organised by the Haryana Congress to mark the 100 birth anniversar­y of late prime minister Indira Gandhi. Hundreds of Congress workers participat­ed in the bike rally.

Talking to mediaperso­ns, Tanwar said Indira Gandhi was India’s Iron Lady and she had taken several decisions for the welfare of the poor and farmers.

Terming Indira as India’s strongest prime minister till date, he said she took several decisions like the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, nationalis­ation of banks and played an important role in the Green Revolution, poverty eliminatio­n and creation of Bangladesh.

Tanwar said the BJP-led government­s at the Centre and the state have failed to fulfil people’s expectatio­ns.

“Our strong leadership is ready to defeat the helpless leadership of the BJP,” Tanwar said.

TERMS INDIRA AS INDIA’S STRONGEST PRIME MINISTER WHO TOOK DECISIONS LIKE SYL CANAL AND BANKS’ NATIONALIS­ATION

 ?? KARUN SHARMA/HT ?? Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ashok Tanwar with party workers during a bike rally in Chandigarh on Sunday. He also participat­ed in a similar rally in Karnal.
KARUN SHARMA/HT Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ashok Tanwar with party workers during a bike rally in Chandigarh on Sunday. He also participat­ed in a similar rally in Karnal.

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