The Madhya Pradesh Police on Thursday issued a lookout circular against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai following outrage over the poster of the film 'Kaali' showing the Hindu💧 goddess smoking and holding the LGBT flag.
The development came hours after Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra said he would urge the Centre to i💖ssue a lookout circular.
The Madhya Pradesh Police on Thursday issued a lookout circular against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai following outrage over the poster of the film 'Kaali' showing the Hindu💧 goddess smoking and holding the LGBT flag.
The development came hours after Madhya Pradesh home mi🍸nister Narottam Mishra said he would urge the Centre to issue a lookout circular against Canada-based film director Manimekalai for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus.
Earlier on Thursday, Mishra said that꧋ Manimekalai's 'Kaali' poster is a deliberate a🐻ttempt to tarnish the image of goddess Kali.
Mishra, who is also the spokesperson of the government, said that he was writing to Twitter to check alleged derogatory r🍒emarks made by some people, which have hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.
"I am going to writ💝e a letter to Twitter on the issue. Twitter should check tweets posted by people having perverted mentality, like the Kaali film director Leena Manimekalai, who posts a photo of goddess Kaali smoking... these people use Twitter as tool to hurt sentiments of Hindus," Mishra said.
He further said the Madhya♐ Pradesh government will also write to the Centre to issue a lookout circular against Canada-based filmmaker and✨ the director of 'Kaali'.
The controversy escalated further after Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra said she has every right as an individual to imagine Goddess Kaali as a meat-eating and alcohol♔-accepting deity, as each person has his or her unique way of꧋ offering prayers.
An FIR was already registered against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra at a police station i༒n Bhopal 🍃on Wednesday.
[With Inputs from IANS]