Congress MP Digvijaya Singh on Saturday opposed the setting up of a “genocide museum” for which Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has promised land to director of the film The Kashmir Files Vivek Agnihotri, saying the communal harmony of Bhopal cannot be disturbed.
Mr. Chouhan had told Mr. Agnihotri on Friday that the film shows the pain and suffering of the displaced Kashmiri Pandit community and promised government land for setting up a “genocide museum” in Madhya Pradesh.
“I am totally against setting up a genocide museum in Bhopal. Will not let the communal harmony of Bhopal get disturbed. I oppose it,” Mr. Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP, tweeted on Saturday morning.
On Friday, Mr. Chouhan planted saplings along with Mr. Agnihotri and a few members of the Kashmiri Pandit community who have settled down in Bhopal.
“The world came to know about the pain and sufferings of Pandit families displaced from Kashmir [through the film]. Vivek Agnihotri has suggested that there should be a 'genocide museum' in Madhya Pradesh. Our government will provide land and necessary help for this,” the Chief Minister had said.
