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| PVR audience fighting with Muslim family for not getting up during National Anthem (Video below) |
November 30, 2015, NewsCrunch
A video of a Muslim family getting thrown out of a Mumbai theater for not standing up during national anthem has gone viral.
The incident occurred at Mumbai’s PVR Kurla on Saturday evening.
A few members of the audience noted that a family had not stood up for the anthem and got into . fight with them.
A bald man is seen in the video threatening to slap a male member of the Muslim family, which was surrounded by an angry crowd. After the heated argument, the family is seen leaving and the crowd applauding an cheering their exit.
The Union Home Ministry has clarified that standing in cinema halls for national anthem was not mandatory. It has in fact, opined that standing in cinema halls would interrupt the exhibition of the film and “create disorder and confusion rather than add to the dignity of the anthem.”
The Muslim family may have shown poor judgement, but they did not violate any law by not standing up for the anthem.