On May 23, students of Sri Vijay Mahantesh Ayurvedic College in Ilkal were urged to attend a free screening of ‘The Kerala Story’. Classes would only be held till noon, the students were told.
The motivation behind the West Bengal chief minister's decision, many think, has more to do with garnering political support from a specific community than the official reason of "maintaining public order".
The case was this afternoon mentioned by Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi who submitted that the Kerala High Court was not hearing the matter before the film's release tomorrow.