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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat was banned on Tuesday by Haryana’s BJP government, even as massive protests against the movie’s upcoming release continued in Rajasthan.
The decision to ban the film was taken on Tuesday at a meeting of the Haryana cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
Padmaavat is already banned in Rajasthan and Gujarat, both ruled by the BJP.
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Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij tweeted about the ban being imposed on the movie which is set to release nationwide on January 25.
“Film Padmavati/Padmavat banned in Haryana,” Vij wrote on Twitter.
Vij took up the issue regarding the impending release of the film and said the Rajput community in the state was against the film. He said the entire cabinet supported him on the move to impose a ban on screening of the film in Haryana.
The film, cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification with U/A certificate, has been caught in a row over claims by Rajput groups backed by a section of the BJP that it distorts history.