National Anthem issue: Mob attack Sangh Parivar members for abusing a family

The Supreme Court’s directive to mandatorily play national anthem in theatres were received with mixed response among the citizens across the country. There have been many incidents of physical and verbal assaulting in many parts of our country.

Recently one such incident happened in Sandhya theatre Balussery, Kozhikode. A family were verbally abused by Sangh Parivar members after the woman could not stand up as her kid was sleeping in her lap. The accused men abused and threatened the family throughout the movie. They even tried to manhandle the family when they came out of the theatre but luckily the locals intervened and attacked the accused men.

Recently director Kamal was in news after he was involved in a controversy surrounding the arrest of IFFK delegates for not standing up during the national anthem in theatres. The director who is also the Chairman of the Kerala State Chalachithra Academy questioned the reason for police to enter the cinema halls without informing the organizers. BJP members staged protests in front of his house.

The party’s State general secretary AN Radhakrishnan even asked the director to move out of the country.