Goa's
caretaker
Chief
Minister
Pramod
Sawant
on
Monday
backed
the
recently
released
Hindi
film
The
Kashmir
Files
and
said
it
will
be
made
tax-free
in
the
coastal
state.
He
also
said
the
film
will
continue
to
be
screened
in
the
state
with
maximum
possible
shows.
In
the
afternoon,
Pramod
Sawant,
his
wife
Sulakshana
Sawant
and
Goa
BJP
president
Sadanand
Shet
Tanavade
watched
the
movie
at
the
INOX
multiplex
in
the
state
capital
Panaji.
Talking
to
reporters
after
watching
the
film,
Sawant
condemned
the
incidents
that
took
place
in
Kashmir
in
1990,
and
blamed
the
then
Congress
government
for
“committing
atrocities
not
only
on
Kashmiri
Hindus,
but
all
people
of
Kashmir.”
He
said
each
and
every
youth
and
all
the
countrymen
should
know
this
fact
of
history
shown
in
the
movie.
Sawant
announced
that
the
movie
will
be
made
tax-free
in
the
state.
Earlier,
in
a
Twitter
post
on
Sunday
evening,
Sawant
had
said,
“The
gripping
tale
of
pain,
struggle,
suffering
of
Kashmiri
Hindus
needs
to
be
understood
by
everyone
so
that
we
ensure
such
a
history
is
not
repeated.
I
have
spoken
to
INOX
management
and
the
movie
will
continue
to
be
screened
with
maximum
possible
shows.”
A
group
of
activists
in
Goa
had
alleged
that
a
mutliplex
chain
at
Margao
in
South
Goa
district
was
trying
to
reduce
the
number
of
shows
of
the
film,
after
several
seats
were
found
empty
during
the
screening
while
tickets
were
shown
sold
in
online
booking.
Written
and
directed
by
Vivek
Agnihotri
and
produced
by
Zee
Studios,
the
film
depicts
the
exodus
of
Kashmiri
Hindus
from
Kashmir
following
systematic
killings
of
people
from
the
community
by
Pakistan-backed
terrorists.
It
stars
Anupam
Kher,
Darshan
Kumar,
Mithun
Chakraborty
and
Pallavi
Joshi
among
others.
Some
of
the
states
have
exempted
the
film
from
entertainment
tax.