Panaji, Dec 07 (PTI) Goa Chief Minister ManoharParrikar today assured a Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morchadelegation that he would look into its demand of banning thescreening of Sanjay Leela BhansaliÂ’s movie "Padmavati".
Parrikar told reporters after meeting the delegationof the BJP Mahila Morcha that the state cannot afford to havea law and order problem which may arise due to the screeningof the movie.
The chief minister however said that the stategovernment would take a final call on whether to ban the movieor not only after the Censor Board clears its screening.
"As of now the Censor Board's certificate has not beengranted. We will take a call after it is granted," he said.
The chief minister said that he is also looking at theissue from a law and order perspective.
"A touristic state has to be peaceful. So we will lookinto both aspects of it," he said.
He added that it was his personal opinion that historyshould be portrayed correctly because any wrong potrayal mighthurt people's sentiments. PTI RPSBNM.
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