Upset over the demand for showing the film The Kashmir Files tax-free, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said any debate on the movie was unwarranted as it would spoil the atmosphere of brotherhood and harmony. The media should avoid such an argumentation, he said.
Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and one Congress MLA have raised the demand for making the film tax-free, saying it would let the public know the “reality of Kashmir”. BJP MLA and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Rajendra Rathore said the decision would give succour to Kashmiri Pandits, many of whom are residing in Rajasthan.
Mr. Gehlot said the exodus of Pandits from Kashmir in the 1990s had caused pain to all countrymen, irrespective of religion, but a discussion on the situation in the Valley at that time could not be termed appropriate at the present juncture.
