Padmaavat Controversy : Women take out rally at Chittor Fort , plans to move SC for mass suicide
Over 500 Rajput women marched from Jauhar Sthal at Chittorgarh fort to Jyoti Temple at Jauhar Smriti Sansthan premises on Sunday to register their protest against the release of the controversial film ‘Padmaavat’.
Following the intervention of senior community leaders, the Shatrani Manch has dropped the threat of carrying out selfimmolation on January 24. Instead, they will file a petition to commit suicide at the apex court. The manch also threatened to oppose the presence of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi in Rajasthan. Joshi expected to attend a session at Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) later this week.
“Rajputs are law abiding citizens if our honour is respected,” said Nirmala Rathore, joint secretary, Shatrani Manch, Chittorgarh.
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Rathore said, “The Shatranis do not want to break the law, which is why we have dropped the self-immolation bid and the call to commit Jauhar. As the Supreme Court (SC) has granted permission to release the controversial film on the basis of freedom of expression, the Shatranis are exercising their freedom of expression by seeking permission to commit mass suicide.”
Fearing action from the police, the Shatranis refused to divulge their next action plan but threatened that the situation in the state and the country would go out of control if the film was released.
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