Hang producer of 'The Kerala Story' in public: NCP leader Jitendra Awhad

Amid the ongoing controversy over the movie The Kerala Story, NCP leader Dr Jitendra Awhad has called for its producer to be hanged in public.

“They have not only tarnished the image of Kerala but have also insulted the women of the state,” Awhad said. “They had said 32,000 women from Kerala had gone missing and joined the terrorist group ISIS, but the real figure is three,” Awhad told a news channel.

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The film is peddling fiction and the producer should be hanged in public, the NCP leader said.

Earlier today, the Uttar Pradesh government declared The Kerala Story tax-free in the state.

The announcement came days after the Madhya Pradesh government said it will give tax-free status to the film in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday ordered an immediate ban on the screening of the controversial film The Kerala Story in the state to avoid “any incident of hatred and violence”.

Multiplexes across Tamil Nadu cancelled screenings of the controversial film from Sunday, citing law and order issues and poor public response.