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BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar connected Monday (February 23, 2026) said helium had nary plans to ticker the upcoming Bollywood movie The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond adjacent arsenic helium sought to region himself from the governmental controversies surrounding the film. His remark comes amid the film’s trailer drafting crisp disapproval from aggregate corners for allegedly portraying the State successful a mediocre light.
“I’m not astatine each funny successful watching it,” Mr. Chandrasekhar categorically stated, during an enactment with the media aft inaugurating the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) zonal bureau astatine Thrikkakara successful Kochi.
“Let those who privation to ticker the movie bash so, and those who person nary involvement successful it don’t person to ticker it,” helium said.
Citing the state of code and look guaranteed by the Constitution, the BJP person said it was “up to the courts” to determine if determination is thing “illegal” successful a film. “Everyone has the close to marque a film. If determination is thing amerciable successful it, the tribunal of instrumentality volition onslaught it down,” helium said.
Mr. Chandrasekhar said helium had adopted a akin basal during the contention surrounding the Mohanlal-starrer Empuraan too. The movie had drawn crisp disapproval from right-wing supporters implicit the alleged depiction of the Godhra riots and had to acquisition re-censoring.
The BJP leader, however, evaded repeated questions arsenic to whether helium had immoderate objection to the contented successful the trailer of The Kerala Story 2. “I said I’m not going to ticker it,” helium reasserted, adding connected a lighter vein that, “I liked watching Dhurandhar. I adjacent watched it twice.” (The blockbuster spy thriller had sparked statement implicit allegations that it served the BJP’s governmental interests.)
Slams CM connected Sabarimala row
Mr. Chandrasekhar, meanwhile, said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was “putting successful each efforts to screen up the Sabarimala golden scandal.”
Citing the lawsuit of the Kollam Vigilance Court granting bail to Sabarimala main clergyman Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru, citing deficiency of grounds to beryllium his engagement successful the golden theft, the BJP person reiterated that his enactment had “zero trust” successful the Special Investigation Team probing the case.
He said helium had kept saying the Tantri’s apprehension was to divert nationalist attraction from the engagement of CPI(M) leaders successful the crime, and alleged that the Congress was “only parroting” the BJP’s basal present aft remaining soundless successful the Kerala Assembly earlier.
