New Delhi: The Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that giving violent threats and announcement of the award for physical harm was not acceptable in the democracy aimed for the Padmavati row. Not directly mentioning the dispute, but generally movies and arts warn against the rule of law in the country.
That, Mr. Naidu had said in a literary ceremony here that in some movies there is now a new problem where people feel that they have hurt the sentiments of certain religions or communities and this has led to protests.
Do these fellows have so much money or not, I doubt everyone is announcing a reward of one crore rupees. Is a crore rupees so easy?” This is not acceptable in a democracy, you have to resist democratically you have the right, go to the appropriate authorities; you cannot physically interfere and cannot give you violent threats. We do not weaken the rule of law, “he said.
Asserting that he was not talking about any particular movie, but in general Mr. Naidu read the names of the first restricted films like Garam Hawa, Kissa Kursi Ka and Aandhi. However, many groups against Sanjay Leela Bhansali accepted the importance of their comments during protests; Padmavati alleged that it spoils history