The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed the screening of the allegedly Islamophobic movie The Kerala Story by the Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church for catechism students. However, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the United Democratic Front (UDF) opposed the move.
BJP central zone president N. Hari said the diocese acted with a “sense of reality.“ “The courageous decision of the Idukki diocese to screen the movie is a major setback to the campaign by the LDF and the UDF, opposing the screening of the movie by Doordarshan,” said Mr. Hari.