Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri falsely claimed that the US state of Rhode Island had recognised the “Kashmir genocide” through a citation for his film The Kashmir Files.
Boom found that the claim is misleading and false. The citation was given only for the premiere of the movie at Rhode Island College on December 9, 2021, and is not an endorsement of the State of Rhode Island and the House of Representatives.
On March 14, Agnihotri tweeted a photo of a citation by the House of Representatives of the state of Rhode Island in recognition of the premiere of The Kashmir Files. The certificate was issued on December 9, 2021, in the State House in Providence, Rhode Island. However, Agnihotri claimed that the “liberal state” of Rhode Island has officially recognised the “Kashmir Genocide due to a very small film”.
“Pl read this and decide who is the persecutor and who should get the punishment. This is #NewIndia,” he tweeted.
The Kashmir Files, which was recently released, is based on the ordeal of the Kashmiri Pandits during the onset of insurgency in the Kashmir valley.
The film has been heavily promoted by the Hindutva right and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, with several Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states making the movie tax-free. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also spoken about the film.
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