After Madhya Pradesh, UP declares ‘The Kerala Story’ tax-free

 

HT News Desk | Reported by Manish Chandra Pandey | Written by Aryan Prakash

May 09, 2023 09:18 AM IST

The Madhya Pradesh government on May 6 declared ‘The Kerala Story’ tax-free in the state.

The Uttar Pradesh government will declare the recently released film ‘The Kerala Story’ tax-free in the state, chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Tuesday.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath could watch the film along with his cabinet colleagues at a special screening to be organised at Lok Bhawan, the chief minister's secretariat said.

 

A banner from The Kerala Story’ film,

Last year, the UP CM had also watched Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Samrat Prithviraj' at a special screening after declaring the movie tax-free in the state.

UP BJP secretary Raghvendra Mishra had recently shown the film to 100 girl students in Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh has become the second state after Madhya Pradesh to make the controversial film ‘tax-free’.

“The film shows how the (life of) daughters who get entangled in the trap of love jihad get destroyed. It also exposes the design of terrorism”, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a video message.

“While we have already brought a law against (forced) conversion, the film creates awareness about the issue. This film should be watched by all and that's why the Madhya Pradesh government is declaring the film tax-free,” he added.

The film has received support from the Bharatiya Janata Party with Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoking it during his poll rally in Karnataka.

“The movie ‘The Kerala story’ is trying to expose the consequences of terrorism in a society, especially in a state like Kerala which is beautiful land of hardworking, talented and intellectual people. The Congress party is now trying to ban the film and support the terror elements", Modi said at a poll rally in Ballari last week.

The film depicting the forcible conversion of girls before being recruited by terror group Islamic State has already kicked up a political storm across the country. The West Bengal government on Monday banned the Sudipto Sen-directorial.

“West Bengal govt has decided to ban the movie The Kerala Story. This is to avoid any incident of hatred and violence, and to maintain peace in the state", chief minister Mamata Banerjee had said on Monday.

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Fact-Check: Video of People Firing Guns Falsely Linked To Manipur Violence

 

A video showing three people firing away is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows people from Kuki tribes firing shots at people from Meitei community in Manipur.

This comes after violence gripped Manipur and clashes broke out between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribals in the state.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

The truth: This video predates the violence in Manipur.

• It has been on the internet since at least 2020, when it was shared as a clip from Mexico.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video and came across an Instagram post from 2020.

• The post shared on 5 July 2020 carried the same viral video and the location was tagged as Culiacán, México.

• However, the post also carried hashtags about video games like Battlefield, PUBG, Call of Duty, Warzone and Fortnite.

What is happening in Manipur?: On 3 May a tribal solidarity march was organised by the All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) against the demand for inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.

• Violence erupted in Churachandpur district and nearby regions where almost 80 people were injured.

• The Central government on 4 May took charge of the security situation and evoked Article 355 in the wake of arson and violence.

Conclusion: Although we could not independently verify the location or the context of this video however, it is clearly an old video which is being falsely linked with Manipur violence.

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