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The Chief Minister of Assam – Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday announced that state government employees will be entitled for half-day special leave to watch ‘The Kashmir Files’, a movie themed on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990.
Taking to Twitter, the Assam CM wrote “Glad to announce that our Govt employees will be entitled for half-day special leave to watch #TheKashmirFiles. They will have to only inform their superior officers and submit the tickets the next day.”
Glad to announce that our Govt employees will be entitled for half-day special leave to watch #TheKashmirFiles.
They will have to only inform their superior officers and submit the tickets the next day. pic.twitter.com/RNQzOk9iCK
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 15, 2022
On Tuesday, the Assam Chief Minister along with other cabinet ministers watched the movie, and referred the genocide as a “blot on humanity”.
“The Kashmiri Pandit genocide & their exodus are a blot on humanity. Moved by the heart-wrenching portrayal of their plight in #TheKashmirFiles, which I watched along with my Cabinet colleagues and MLAs of @BJP4Assam & allies. Kudos @vivekagnihotri & co for holding out the truth” – he wrote.
“I would also like to clarify here that as Assam doesn’t have any Entertainment Tax, there is no point of its waiver for #TheKashmirFiles.” – he further added.
I would also like to clarify here that as Assam doesn’t have any Entertainment Tax, there is no point of its waiver for #TheKashmirFiles.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) March 15, 2022
Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri; the film stars – Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi among others.
Recently, Prime Minister – Narendra Modi praised the much-anticipated movie which is currently embroiled in a heated debate. He argued that such films “reveal the truth” and that a “conspiracy” was working to discredit it.
Its worthy to note that thousands of Kashmiri Hindus fled the valley overnight, abandoning their possessions; a tragedy clearly represented in this well-documented movie exposing the genocide against the Kashmiri Pandit community in 1990.
