Mumbai : The Madhya Pradesh government said on Monday that the policemen of the state would be given leave to watch the recently released film ‘The Kashmir Files’. . Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra told reporters in Bhopal that policemen of Madhya Pradesh would be given leave to watch the film ‘The Kashmir Files’.
He said that the Director General of Police (DGP) Sudhir Saxena has been instructed to give leave to the policemen. A day before this, on Sunday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed for exemption from tax in the state for the screening of this Hindi film based on the genocide and exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, in compliance of which an order has been issued on the same day. According to the order issued by the Commercial Tax Department, this exemption will be from 14 March to 13 September.
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To watch the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ #MadhyaPradesh The policemen will be given leave.
Instructions have been given to DGP Shri Sudhir Saxena ji to give leave to the policemen.#TheKashmirFiles @DGP_MP pic.twitter.com/q8UoAupyrv
— Dr Narottam Mishra (@drnarottammisra) March 14, 2022
The ticket sales will be done by the respective cinemas/multiplexes less the amount of State Goods Service Tax (SGST) to avail reimbursement in the exemption granted on the film. The film is directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweeted on Sunday, “The film ‘The Kashmir Files’ gives a heart-wrenching description of the pain, suffering, struggle and trauma faced by Kashmiri Hindus in the 1990s.” He said that it needs to be seen by more and more people, so it was decided to make the film tax free in Madhya Pradesh.
Movie #TheKashmirFiles is heart-wrenching narration of the pain, suffering, struggle, and trauma faced by Kashmiri Hindus in the 90s.
This needs to be watched by maximum people, hence we have decided to make it a tax-free in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) March 13, 2022
The producer of this film is Abhishek Agarwal. Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, the film on the massacre and exodus of Kashmiri Hindus released on March 11. It stars Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi and Mithun Chakraborty. (agency)