Wayanad (Kerala), Feb 27 (PTI) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said that while people should be allowed to express themselves, it would be better to “make things” that are happy and promote “peace, love and welfare among people”.
The Wayanad Lok Sabha MP, who is in Kerala on a three-day visit, was responding to media queries on the Kerala High Court staying the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2 — Goes Beyond’.
“Firstly, I feel that people should be allowed to express themselves. But at the same time, in an environment which is becoming increasingly filled with this kind of rhetoric, anger and hatred towards each other, it is better to make things creatively which are happy and promote peace, love and welfare among people,” she said.
Vadra said that after the Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslides in Wayanad, which claimed hundreds of lives, people helped each other and continue to do so irrespective of religion or caste.
“So, I think it is this spirit which is really the essence of India and the spirit of Kerala, and that is what is so beautiful about it. Why not showcase that? Why not talk about it? Why not the whole country also learn from this example?” she asked.
She said it was only after becoming the MP from Wayanad that she saw how people in the area live together, celebrate festivals and help each other during difficult times.
A single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed the release of the controversial film for 15 days, observing that, prima facie, there was a manifest non-application of mind to the requirement of law by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
The producer has moved a division bench against the single-judge order. PTI