Mamata Banerjee said she will be happy if “Padmaavat” is screened in the state and appealed for peace.
KOLKATA (IANS) — Training her guns on the BJP for the protest against the movie “Padmaavat”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the centre’s ruling party must control its mass wings and ask them to ensure the law and order situation did not deteriorate.
“This is a BJP organisation, whatever I came to know. I am not sure… My guess is they belong to BJP like Bajrang Dal and other groups. I think the BJP must control its organisations and they should ask them to abide by the court verdict and not to misinterpret or misfire anything that will deteriorate the law and order situation,” Banerjee said at the state Secretariat- Nabanna.
A Haryana Roadways bus was set ablaze and another vandalised in Bhondsi area in Gurugram district by a group of around 50 men, alleged to be Shri Rajput Karni Sena supporters, on Wednesday to protest against the movie.
They also pelted stones at the Haryana Police personnel deployed on the Gurugram-Alwar National Highway, injuring a few policemen. A school bus carrying children and staff was also damaged in stone-pelting, though no one was said to be injured.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” on Thursday.
PTI adds: Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she will be happy if “Padmaavat” is screened in the state and appealed for peace.
She said that the Supreme Court has given its order (on the screening of the film) and “we must respect it”.
“It is a film. The name of the film has also been changed. The states where trouble broke out are ruled by BJP,” she told reporters at the state secretariat.
“Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have to maintain law and order. It is their duty. They can talk to them, they can convince them if anybody is around (to create trouble). I will be happy if the film ‘Padmaavat’ is screened here. Peace prevails in our state”, she said.