HARIDWAR: The seer community in Haridwar has demanded “strict action” against makers of web series ‘Tandav’ and rejected the apology offered by them for having hurt religious sentiments. They said that they saw an “organised effort” by filmmakers to malign the Hindu community and termed the trend “cinema jihad”.
Mahant Narendra Giri, president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP), the apex body of seers representing the 13 akhadas of the country, said that a law should be formulated to regulate content on online platforms.
“Filmmakers have no right to hurt the sentiments of a community. Law enforcement agencies should examine such content but unfortunately they, too, have been lax. We have asked the government to take action in the matter and make a law to censor content on online platforms,” Giri said.