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Center, Maha CM back PK screening

by IBNS 30 Dec 2014, 09:27 pm

Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 31 (IBNS): Even as some saffron groups continued to protest against Aamir Khan starrer PK accusing the makers of denigrating Hinduism, junior Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ruled out acting against the movie.

Fadnavis said the Censor Board has cleared the film- directed by  Rajkumar Hirani- and so there is no question of stopping its screening.

He assured to maintain law and order and ensure the film's incident-free screening even as groups like VHP and Bajrang Dal resorted to protest and vandalism against the film.
 
Rathore on the other hand has been quoted in media saying it is beyond his  ministry to stop the film's screening and freedom of speech is a constitutional right.

Aamir Khan starrer "PK" is being booed by the radical Hindu groups like Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal for its depiction of Hindu gods and goddesses as protesters resorted to vandalism in Ahmedabad, forcing suspension of screening of the film in some theatres in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bhopal. Protests also reached Delhi.