RSS Disrupts Udaipur Film Festival Objecting to Tribute to Palestinian Children and G.N. Saibaba
Armanur Rahman | 18 November 2024 | The Wire
The ninth Udaipur Film Festival, a three-day event from November 15 to 17 at the Rabindranath Tagore Medical College was disrupted by members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday, November 16. The festival, jointly organised by Cinema of Resistance and Udaipur Film Society, was dedicated to the late rights activist G.N. Saibaba and Palestinian children killed in Israel’s ongoing strikes.
Speaking to The Wire, Sanjay Joshi, the national convener of Cinema of Resistance, said that the festival organisers had submitted the required application and fees, and obtained permission from the college administration. At around 2.30 or 3 pm during the post-lunch session, RSS members disrupted the event, prompting the college principal Vipin Mathur to summon the organisers and the RSS members for a meeting…