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  • ‘The Kerala Story’ is Sangh Parivar’s ‘love jihad’ propaganda..: CM Vijayan

    ‘The Kerala Story’ is Sangh Parivar’s ‘love jihad’ propaganda..: CM Vijayan

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    Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday slammed the makers of ‘The Kerala Story’ film, saying they were taking up the Sangh Parivar propaganda of projecting the state as a centre of religious extremism by raising the issue of ‘love jihad’ — a concept rejected by the courts, probe agencies and even the Union Home Ministry.

    Vijayan said that the trailer of the Hindi film, at first glance, appears to be “deliberately produced” with the alleged aim of creating communal polarisation and spreading hate propaganda against the state.

    He said that despite the issue of ‘love jihad’ being rejected by probe agencies, courts and the MHA, it was being raised in connection with Kerala as the main premise of the film only to humiliate the state in front of the world.

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    The CM, in a statement, said that such propaganda films and the alienation of Muslims depicted in them should be viewed in the context of Sangh Parivar’s efforts to gain political advantage in Kerala.

    He also accused the Sangh Parivar of trying to destroy the religious harmony in the state by “sowing the poisonous seeds of communalism”. A couple of days ago, both the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala and the opposition Congress hit out at the controversial upcoming movie ‘The Kerala Story’, saying freedom of expression was not a licence to spew venom in society, and the film was an attempt to destroy the communal harmony of the state.

    ‘The Kerala Story’, written and directed by Sudipto Sen, is portrayed as “unearthing” the events behind “approximately 32,000 women” allegedly going missing in the southern state. The film falsely claims they converted, got radicalised and were deployed in terror missions in India and the world.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Kerala CM accuses Sangh Parivar of treating minorities as ‘enemies’, BJP hits back

    Kerala CM accuses Sangh Parivar of treating minorities as ‘enemies’, BJP hits back

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    Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the Sangh Parivar of treating Muslims and Christians as ‘enemies of the nation’ and urged everyone to unite against such divisive actions, drawing sharp criticism from the BJP.

    Vijayan said the Constitution, which was the best weapon to fight against caste discrimination and religious hatred, was presently under attack.

    The CM alleged the Sangh Parivar and the RSS had made it clear that their aim was to turn India into a ‘Hindu ashtray.

    He also accused the party in power at the Centre of being followers of a political group that did not take part in the freedom struggle.

    “They are attacking the very roots of our country, its democracy, and the Constitution,” he said while speaking after inaugurating the Constitution Protection Conference and Secular Meet here on Thursday.

    In his speech, Vijayan said that if the Constitution was destroyed, everything — from an individual’s dignity to the sovereignty of the country — would be lost, he said.

    Meanwhile, the BJP hit back, saying the CM has no moral right to utter a single word on the Constitution.

    BJP state president K Surendran alleged that Vijayan does not give any importance to the Constitution and accused him of ‘whitewashing’ extremist and terror groups.

    The Kerala CM also alleged that besides the attacks on the Constitution, there were also attempts to rewrite history.

    Examples of the same that he mentioned were — the terming of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination as a ‘death’ and the claims from certain quarters that B R Ambedkar was not one of the drafters of the Constitution.

    Apart from that, in some parts of the country Muslims are being termed as the opposite of Hindus, he claimed.

    Vijayan claimed that not only religious minorities, but Dalits and tribals were also under threat and were being attacked and exploited in various parts of the country.

    The Constitution was one of the best weapons to fight against caste discrimination and religious hatred and therefore, it should be protected against the attacks on it and the values upheld by it.

    He further alleged the Constitution was under threat from those duty-bound to protect it.

    Those who take oath on the Constitution were airing dangerous views that were contrary to it.

    Vijayan said even persons in the highest Constitutional positions were making statements that could derail Constitutional principles.

    One example of the same, according to Vijayan, was the Indian Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s recent statement which in effect meant that the Supreme Court decision of 1973, upholding the ‘basic structure doctrine’, was not correct and that the Parliament was sovereign and Judiciary will not be allowed to encroach upon it.

    “It is the country which is sovereign and the Constitution ensures it,” he said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )