Make The Kashmir Files tax-free: BJP in LS

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday demanded that the recently-released movie The Kashmir Files should be exempted from entertainment tax, while Bahujan Samaj Party pitched for its ban, arguing that such films create feelings of hatred among various communities.

Participating in the debate on Jammu and Kashmir Budget in Lok Sabha, BJP member Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said the film is exposing the bitter truth and hence it should be exempted from entertainment tax.

Janata Dal-United member Sunil Kumar Pintu too demanded that the movie should be made tax-free, saying the movie reveals the plight of Kashmiri Pandits.

BSP member Danish Ali, however, said that whether it is Kashmir Files or Gujarat Files", films which create feelings of hatred should be banned.

The film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990. The movie, which released last week, is written and directed by Agnihotri and stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi. -- PTI

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday demanded that the recently-released movie The Kashmir Files should be exempted from entertainment tax, while Bahujan Samaj Party pitched for its ban, arguing that such films create feelings of hatred among various communities.

Participating in the debate on Jammu and Kashmir Budget in Lok Sabha, BJP member Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said the film is exposing the bitter truth and hence it should be exempted from entertainment tax.

Janata Dal-United member Sunil Kumar Pintu too demanded that the movie should be made tax-free, saying the movie reveals the plight of Kashmiri Pandits.

BSP member Danish Ali, however, said that whether it is Kashmir Files or Gujarat Files", films which create feelings of hatred should be banned.

The film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990. The movie, which released last week, is written and directed by Agnihotri and stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi. -- PTI

Good to know that there was no other issue to talk about in the Parliament sessions which run with the hard earned money of the Tax paying citizens, that they were discussing movies.

NOW does anyone and their mother have any doubts about how the cookie crumbles?? and the payola works? and why you cannot go out on a limb for anyone, cause in a corrupt system EVERBODY is a little dirty. (you are in it up to your neck, half way or you get the splatters).

Not exodus , Kashmir Hindus genocide n truth must be known to the world . How long truth can be suppressed r try to erase it by fake stories . They must get justice . Poor souls became refugees in own mother land . Bharat mata ki jai .

All Indian historical movies which deal with the topic at hand truthfully should become tax free. While I prefer books as it's not possible for every book event to be translated on screen & this books are often more in depth, there is no denying the power of movies when it comes to educating masses.

Also, movies that deal sensitively with social issues (for instance the ones spreading awareness about the discrimination faced by the LGBT community) should be made tax free till the issues are by and large resolved.

nice to see movie being tax free in many states