Paswan opposes ban on Deshdrohi

Paswan opposes ban on Deshdrohi
(NSI News Source Info) November 14, 2008 - New Delhi: With Deshdrohi, a film based on North Indians migrating to Mumbai, creating a controversy in Maharashtra, LJP leader and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan questioned the banning of the film in the state despite getting Censor Board clearance."What is the harm in screening the film. It has got clearance from the Censor Board. No other state has banned it," he said at a press conference when asked to comment on the ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on the film scheduled to be released today.Paswan said he had seen some promos on television channels and found nothing provocative in them.The Maharashtra government has imposed a two-month ban on the film fearing backlash from Raj Thackeray-led MNS and others if it was allowed to be released in the present format."The ban should be imposed on MNS. LJP was the first to make the demand at a meeting of the Union Cabinet. We have demanded arrest of the MNS leader and his trial on charges of sedition," he said.The Maharashtra police had asked the film writer, producer and actor Kamaal Khan for a separate screening before the film's release.The MNS has welcomed the ban on the film saying the movie had the potential to create law and order problem if screened in the state.