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Jaipur: The Rajput Karni Sena, an organisation of the Rajput community, urged a nationwide ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati on 28 November. [caption id=“attachment_4223299” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Deepika Padukone in a still from Padmavati.[/caption] “Six states have already announced that they will not release the film in their states. We welcome it. Till the new release dates are announced, we want at least 20 CMs to do it. A nationwide ban is in the jurisdiction of the government of India as per a section in the Cinematography Act. The Centre can ban a film even before or after clearance by the censor board,” Lokendra Singh Kalvi, founder-patron of the Rajput Karni Sena, said at a press conference in Jaipur. “We request the Prime Minister to intervene and ban the film,” he said. Kalvi also demanded a high-powered and thorough probe into the death of Chetan Saini, whose body was found hanging on the outer walls of the Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur on the morning of 24 November, with messages against the film Padmavati scribbled on nearby rocks. “Whether it was a suicide or a murder, I am not interfering into that. But it was very sad. I want to point out two more points. Who wants to disturb communal harmony of Jaipur and second, a direct threat to Karni Sena that “h__um putle nahin jalate, latkate hain” (We don’t burn effigies, we hang them). All this seems to be an attempt to divert attention from the Padmavati issue,” he said. “We want detailed and thorough probe into it. Who wants to disturb communal harmony and who has given threat to Karni Sena,” he said, stressing that “the role of the SLB group in Nahargarh Fort issue should be probed,” he said. Bhansali’s Padmavati has been mired in controversy since its shooting started. Activists of the Karni Sena, besides other groups have been protesting against the movie, claiming the film “distorts” historical facts. The release of the movie, earlier scheduled for 1 December, has been deferred.
The Rajput Karni Sena, an organisation of the Rajput community, urged a nationwide ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati on 28 November
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