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CPI’s Spurious Plea To The Chief Justice To Reconsider National Anthem Verdict
Audience members stand for the Indian national anthem before a movie starts at a cinema in New Delhi. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has appealed to the Supreme Court to reconsider its order mandating movie halls to play the national anthem before shows. They wrote a letter to Chief Justice T S Thakur in this regard. But the party's arguments are bizarre. They argue:
- Playing the national anthem before movies is akin to showcasing "vulgar dance along with traditional classical dance".
But Narayana's motive seems more motivated to save his fellow-ideologues, who do not want to stand up for the national anthem, from being arrested. The 12 who were arrested from two venues of the International Film Festival of Kerala earlier this week for not standing up for the national anthem turned out to be communist sympathisers.
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