Were you also waiting for the BJP led states to declare the BBC docu tax free and encouraged to be watched, like they did Kashmir Files and Kerala Story?
SC hearing on the ban tomorrow. CJI will hear it. The SC will strike it down and Mamata knows it. Mamata will then tell her voters: "I tried to ban it, but SC struck it down". Just political tokenism,
Lallantop has done a report on the public reaction to the movie and theme in Kolkata. One can clearly see that the general people are supporting the movie and theme. So this is the real reason the movie was banned by the TMC. But IMO it's totally pointless. The BJP has a stable vote bank of Hindus who will never switch to the TMC, while the TMC has a stable vote bank of Muslims who will never switch to the BJP. So this movie makes no difference there. Where it could theoretically make a difference is in swaying non-BJP Hindu voters, who vote mainly with the Left and Congress, plus a few with the TMC. But this class of people is unlikely to be swayed by this movie. If the BJP wants to sway this vote, they need to get the ED and CBI to seriously investigate the corruption cases in Bengal. That his not happening and some of the corrupt TMC elements have actually defected to the BJP.
So, to sum up, the BJP needs to make anti-corruption its poll plank and follow up action with words, instead of promoting a Bollywood movie about Hindu-Muslim tensions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi4vu4A9hwQ
waiting for Mahua Moitra and Derek O'Brien to organize live screenings in order to fight censorship like they did when Modi banned the BBC documentary.
You should a political strategist
So, to sum up, the BJP needs to make anti-corruption its poll plank and follow up action with words, instead of promoting a Bollywood movie about Hindu-Muslim tensions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi4vu4A9hwQ
Oh wait..
waiting for Mahua Moitra and Derek O'Brien to organize live screenings in order to fight censorship like they did when Modi banned the BBC documentary.
The Kerala HC had earlier refused to ban it and said: "There are umpteen movies depicting Hindu sanyasis as rapists"
https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-refuses-stay-release-movie-the-kerala-story