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| 'Rebels Without a Cause': |
| 'Rebels Without a Cause': Arun Jaitley Hits Out at Censor Board Members Who Quit
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| INDIA
, 17-January-2015
9:37:3 AM |
| As nine more members of the Censor Board resigned protesting against alleged interference by the government, Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Arun Jaitley today firmly rejected the charges, saying the government maintains an "arm's length distance" from the functioning of the panel.
"The NDA Government maintains arms length distance in all matters relating to Film certification... It is regrettable that the UPA appointees have decided to politicise routine issues," Mr Jaitley said in an article titled 'Rebels Without a Cause' on Facebook.
The minister was alluding to the nine members who, in a joint letter of resignation, said, "It is our firm position that given the cavalier and dismissive manner in which the CBFC is treated by the government, it is impossible to perform this duty with even a modicum of efficacy or
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autonomy."
The events that led to Board Chairperson Leela Samson resigning from her position were merely the "proverbial last straw", they added.
Ms Samson had resigned as the head of the Censor Board amid a major row over the clearance granted to controversial film "MSG - The Messenger of God", starring Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of the religious sect Dera Sacha Sauda. She had also alleged "coercion, corruption and interference" in the functioning of the Board, adding that she "managed an organisation whose board didn't meet for nine months as there were no funds".
"I have not met or spoken to any Member of the Censor Board nor authorised anyone to do the same. It is the UPA appointed Central Censor Board which has since continued," Mr Jaitley said today.
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