HC ‘disturbed’ by politicians’ comments targeting Dia Mirza Diwali video, orders BMC to re-upload it
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was “disturbed” by remarks made by “some politicians” targeting actor Dia Mirza for a video she had shot on behalf of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, urging Mumbai residents not to light firecrackers on public streets during Diwali, Live Law reported.
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The court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to re-upload the video to “restore the confidence of the people”.
The civic body had on Sunday removed the video from its social media handles after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s city unit chief Ameet Satam objected to it.
“We don’t need lessons on how to celebrate Diwali from Dia Mirza,” Satam said on social media. “Our traditions are deeply rooted in our culture.”
This year, the Hindu festival of Diwali will be celebrated on November 8.
On Tuesday, a division bench of Justices Girish S Kulkarni and Neela K Gokhale said the objections to Mirza’s participation in the civic body’s anti-pollution campaign were unfortunate and appeared to have given the matter a communal angle.
“India is a secular country,” Live Law quoted the bench as verbally observing. “A festival is for everyone to celebrate. No individual can be isolated from celebrating any festival in this country. How can you object to someone's participation just because that person is from some other religion?”
The bench held...