"'The Kerala Story' to be made tax-free in Uttar Pradesh," CM Yogi said in a tweet. The Chief Minister along with his cabinet colleagues is expected to watch the film at a special screening.
West Bengal has become the first state to ban The Kerala Story, which narrates the ordeal of three women who are trafficked to ISIS camps after being converted to Islam through marriage.
A Christian widow and a Muslim gardener, both illiterate, were arrested in the Pakpattan city of Pakistan on April 19 on blasphemy charges after they were accused of 'intentionally' burning papers containing verses of the holy Quran
PTI activists took the form of an enraged mob, broke the shutter of the shop, and took Alam out. They started kicking him and beating him ruthlessly with sticks and ultimately, lynched him to death.
The incident took place after a car ploughed into a crowd at a bus stop located close to the Brownsville's Ozanam Center, a shelter for migrants and homeless people in the community.
Expressing happiness towards the Prime Minister, they said that in their heart, they feel he represents the strength of not the double engine but a triple engine.
Various social media users were of the opinion that the sensitive statement by the person provoked the public that led to the lynching of the man, according to The Friday Times.