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An RJD team led by its president Ramchandra Purve attended a public screening of the Prakash Jha directed movie at a theatre.
Updated : Aug 12, 2011, 08:24 PM IST
Describing portions of the controversial film Aarakshan as "objectionable", the RJD Friday said they would review the film intensively before deciding their future course of action.
"Some of the dialogues and demonstrations in the film has revived the old bitterness and social conflicts that occurred at the time of implementation of the Mandal Commission. The party strongly opposes such bitter dialogues," the party said.
An RJD team led by its president Ramchandra Purve attended a public screening of the Prakash Jha directed movie at a theatre and felt some of its dialogues were "objectionable."
"Reservation is a constitutional provision and not a gift," a party statement said.
Other members of the team, who also watched the Amitabh Bachchan starrer, included RJD youth leader Alok Mehta, former state minister Suresh Paswan and MLA Samrat Choudhary.