The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of theruling CPI-M in Indian state of Kerala, has announced that they will screenthe controversial documentary ‘The Modi Question’ on Tuesday evening in thestate capital of Thiruvananthapuram despite stiff opposition from theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reported Indian media.
The police are keeping a strict vigil after the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha,BJP’s young wing, declared that they will stop the screening of the banneddocumentary, which talks about the 2002 Gujarat riots when Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was the chief minister.
Announcing its decision on social media, the DFYI said a big screen will beinstalled at Poojapura area to screen the documentary at 6 pm. “Let peoplesee the fascist face of the Sangh Parivar outfits. “We will go ahead withthe plan and more screenings will be done at other places also in thecoming days,” DFYI state president VK Sanoj said.
Even the Youth Congress has decided to screen the documentary in manycampuses across the state.
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The BJP strongly opposed the developments, and asked chief ministerPinarayi Vijayan to prevent it from happening. “It is a move to insult thecountry and its judicial process. Some people want to whip an unfortunateincident, which happened two decades ago, to create unrest. It will createcommunal tensions again and Gujarat has not witnessed a communal riot inthe last two decades,” BJP state president K Surendran said.Minister ofstate for external affairs V Muraleedharan also asked the Kerala governmentto not give permission for the screenings, especially since the SupremeCourt had delivered its verdict on the matter in 2013.
Last week, the BJP government directed Twitter and YouTube to block linksto the documentary, which the ministry of external affairs dubbed as a“propaganda material that lacked objectivity and was guided by a colonialmindset”.
