New
Delhi,
Aug
29
(PTI)
The
Shiromani
Akali
Dal’s
Delhi
unit
has
urged
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
to
stop
the
release
of
Kangana
Ranaut-starrer
‘Emergency’,
saying
the
film
has
the
potential
to
incite
communal
tension
and
spread
misinformation.
Ranaut,
a
BJP
MP,
stars
in
the
role
of
former
prime
minister
Indira
Gandhi
in
the
film
that
will
hit
the
screens
September
6.
In
his
letter
to
the
board
on
Wednesday,
the
party’s
Delhi
president
Paramjit
Singh
Sarna
said
the
trailer
of
the
film,
which
was
released
recently,
“depicts
erroneous
historical
facts
that
not
only
misrepresent
the
Sikh
community
but
also
promotes
hatred
and
social
discord”.

Such
depictions
are
not
only
misleading
but
also
deeply
offensive
and
damaging
to
the
social
fabric
of
Punjab
and
the
entire
nation,
he
said.
The
Emergency,
imposed
on
June
25,
1975,
by
the
then
Gandhi-led
Congress
government,
saw
a
suspension
of
civil
rights
for
nearly
two
years.
Sarna
said,
“Given
the
potential
of
this
film
to
incite
communal
tensions
and
spread
misinformation,
I
strongly
urge
the
CBFC
to
exercise
its
authority
to
prevent
its
release.” He
said
that
a
“thick
line
must
be
drawn
between
the
right
to
freedom
of
speech
and
the
propagation
of
hateful
content
that
threatens
the
harmony
of
our
society”.

‘Emergency’
marks
Ranaut’s
first
release
after
being
elected
an
MP
on
a
BJP
ticket
from
Mandi,
in
her
native
Himachal
Pradesh.
The
BJP-led
central
government
on
July
12
had
announced
that
June
25,
the
day
the
Emergency
was
declared
in
1975,
would
be
observed
as
‘Samvidhaan
Hatya
Diwas’
to
commemorate
the
“massive
contributions” of
those
who
endured
inhuman
pains
of
the
period.