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Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, histrion and BJP MP Hema Malini has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla complaining astir prevalent “cultural fascism” successful the State which she said was negatively impacting livelihoods.
“I person written a missive to the Honourable Speaker, highlighting a taste fascism successful West Bengal and however it is adversely affecting respective radical from the taste world,” the Mathura MP said successful a station connected X.
“It is some a information hazard and a antagonistic interaction connected livelihoods,” she said.
In the letter, Ms. Malini recorded a fewer of her experiences erstwhile she said she and her co-artistes were denied support to execute astatine circumstantial locations by the authorities authorities who cited governmental programmes astatine the said venues.
“What is tragic is that these are not isolated instances. Over the years, determination has been a accordant signifier successful West Bengal-- permissions for taste events are either delayed oregon denied, often astatine the eleventh hour, creating uncertainty and disruption for artists and organisers,” the missive said.
“If I arsenic a five-time Member of Parliament consciousness a consciousness of insecurity and helplessness successful specified circumstances, 1 tin lone ideate the plight of countless different artistes”.
The actor-turned person added that this situation was some “unfortunate and unacceptable” and urged for taste spaces to beryllium kept escaped from governmental considerations.
