Thursday, August 4, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Mayawati denies Big B permission to hold debate on Aarakshan

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Mayawati-denies-Big-B-permission-to-hold-debate-on-Aarakshan/articleshow/9469864.cms

Mayawati denies Big B permission to hold debate on Aarakshan
PTI | Aug 3, 2011, 06.29PM IST

LUCKNOW: The district administration has denied permission to an
interactive session between Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan and
students here, citing law and order problem.

Bachchan along with director Prakash Jha was slated to hold discussion
with students to promote the upcoming film 'Aarakshan' in the city on
Thursday. They were also planning to hold a press conference but both
events have now been cancelled.

The administration in a letter has stated that keeping in view the
protests by some political parties on the subject of the movie, there
is possibility of adverse effect on law and order situation in the
city, local event coordinator Arun Srivastava said.

Besides Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Manoj Bajpai
were also slated to participate in the interaction with students of
undergraduate and post graduate courses.

While interactive session was to be organised at CMS auditorium at
Gomti Nagar, the press conference was scheduled at Lineage hotel.

"Superintendent of police in his report has said that if permission is
granted for Amitabh Bachchan's programme tomorrow then it will
certainly create law and order problem," additional district
magistrate Ram Singhasan Prem said in the letter.

The ADM stated that DySP local intelligence unit in his report has
said that some political parties have opposed the event, saying the
movie is anti-Dalit.

Initially, the district administration had given permission to
organise the two events with certain restrictions but they decided to
withhold it just a day before the event.

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