Bhopal: The proposal of building a 'Genocide Museum' in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal came from the director of 'The Kashmir Files', Vivek Agnihotri, on Friday, alongside Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as well as members of the Kashmiri Pandit community. Agnihotri, who was received by the CM with a shawl in Bhopal, brought up the idea during a tree plantation ceremony in the city's Smart City Park.
Speaking further about the proposed museum, Agnihotri said a fundraiser for the same would be started very soon, adding that no such project has taken place anywhere in the country before this. "I am from Bhopal, my wife is from Indore. So we can say the initiative taken by Madhya Pradesh regarding Kashmir is commendable", he also said.
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कश्मीर से विस्थापित पंडित परिवारों के दर्द को दुनिया ने जाना है। इस संबंध में श्री विवेक अग्निहोत्री जी ने मध्यप्रदेश में संग्रहालय और कला केंद्र की स्थापना का सुझाव दिया है। हमारी सरकार इसके लिए स्थान और आवश्यक सहायता उपलब्ध कराएगी। pic.twitter.com/xPe5wocWbu
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">कश्मीर से विस्थापित पंडित परिवारों के दर्द को दुनिया ने जाना है। इस संबंध में श्री विवेक अग्निहोत्री जी ने मध्यप्रदेश में संग्रहालय और कला केंद्र की स्थापना का सुझाव दिया है। हमारी सरकार इसके लिए स्थान और आवश्यक सहायता उपलब्ध कराएगी। pic.twitter.com/xPe5wocWbu
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) March 25, 2022कश्मीर से विस्थापित पंडित परिवारों के दर्द को दुनिया ने जाना है। इस संबंध में श्री विवेक अग्निहोत्री जी ने मध्यप्रदेश में संग्रहालय और कला केंद्र की स्थापना का सुझाव दिया है। हमारी सरकार इसके लिए स्थान और आवश्यक सहायता उपलब्ध कराएगी। pic.twitter.com/xPe5wocWbu
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) March 25, 2022
Agnihotri, who requested help from the administration in setting up the museum, found an immediate response, with Chouhan saying the government was completely with him and that he should make a detailed plan. "The world has known the pain of Pandit families displaced from Kashmir. Our government will provide space and necessary support for the Genocide Museum," the CM further said.
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As per information, the museum will house documents related to the exodus of Pandits from Kashmir back in 1990. 'The Kashmir Files' delves on the subject, with several state governments having made the film tax-free so far. The film, a box office blockbuster, has raked in more than Rs 200 crore till now, including Rs 3.55 crore in its very first day.
Madhya Pradesh medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang was also present during the ceremony on Friday. "Today, in the Smart City Park, in the august presence of Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan ji, had a soulful meeting with the courageous film director Shri Vivek Agnihotri, who wonderfully portrayed the plight of Kashmiri Pandits on the silver screen. #TheKashmirFiles", Sarang tweeted out in Hindi later in the day.
