Hyderabad
(UNI):
The
All
India
Christian
Joint
Action
Committee
today
demanded
the
resignation
of
Censor
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
Chairperson
Sharmila
Tagore
for
hurting
the
sentiments
of
Christians
in
the
country
by
reportedly
giving
a
clean
chit
to
the
controversial
film
The
Da
Vinci
Code.
Speaking
to
newspersons
here,
Committee
National
President
(Women's
Wing)
K
Radha
Mathews
said
India
was
a
secular
country
where
every
religion
was
treated
equally.
The
film
challenged
the
''holiness''
of
Jesus
Christ.
''Jesus
preached
that
if
a
man
looks
at
a
woman
with
lustful
eyes,
he
has
committed
adultery.
How
could
such
a
divine
personality
marry
his
disciple
Mary
Magdalene?''
she
questioned.
Ms
Mathews
claimed
the
controversial
film
contained
blasphemous
scenes,
which
hurt
the
sentiments
of
Indian
Christians.
She
alleged
that
recently,
CBFC
banned
noted
film
maker
Rakesh
Sharma's
award
winning
film
'Final
Solution'
on
the
ground
that
it
promoted
communal
disharmony
among
people
even
before
anybody
sought
curbs
on
its
screening.
Even
Pakistan,
which
had
a
small
Christian
population,
had
banned
the
film.
Committee
National
President
A
P
Dass
said
they
were
organising
relay
hunger
strike
at
Indira
Park
on
July
12,
demanding
a
ban
on
the
film.