The Congress today lashed out at the Shiv Sena over its protests against the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan and said civil society should condemn parties trying to draw political mileage from films.
"Such parties, which openly give a challenge to create instability, should be condemned by civil society," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said.
Singhvi was replying to queries about the Sena's renewed threat to prevent the release of the film on Friday unless Khan retracts his statement favouring the inclusion of Pakistani players in the third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL-3).
Instead of drawing political mileage from a film, the Sena should raise issues concerning the people, Singhvi told reporters.
Congress MP Rajiv Shukla, who is also the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said in Chandigarh that films should not be used to draw political mileage. He said, "Wisdom should prevail on the Shiv Sena and the Sainiks must withdraw their agitation against the film."
Taking a jibe at the Sena's threat to disrupt the release of the film, Singhvi said, "The hollowness of such claims has come to the fore many times in the last few weeks."
Sena leader Manohar Joshi had yesterday threatened that his party would not allow the film to be released till the actor apologised to party president Bal Thackeray.
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