Small screen actress turned politician Smriti Irani arranged a ‘mobile digital theatre’ in Rahul Gandhi‘s constituency Amethi. The district didn’t have a single theatre for a long time. The mobile theatre is screening Vicky Kaushal starrer ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike‘ since Republic Day free of cost for the public of Amethi.
The theatre has been set up by a Delhi based company ‘Picture Time’, and the screenings are being held at a spice factory in Amethi.
General secretary of the BJP’s youth wing, Vishuv Mishra said, “There is no working movie theatre in Amethi and there was a demand from the public to view this movie. So Smriti Irani arranged for the screenings and personally addressed the audience through video-conferencing on Republic Day.”
He talked about the seating and timings of the theatre. The mobile theatre has seats for 150 people, for at least four screenings a day — 9.20 am, 1.30 pm, 5 pm, and 8 pm.
Congress MLC Deepak Singh called it an agenda to win votes. He said, “It is not for the first time that soldiers have shown their courage on the border, but it is the first time someone is trying to take credit of their courage and seek votes in their name. The public of Amethi is aware of the truth and will not be misguided by some movie shows.”
Vishuv Mishra also said, “Our message is especially to the youth, to tell them about the sacrifices of the country’s soldiers during the surgical strike, which is being propagated as a lie Congresspeopleple. We are sure that the youth of Amethi will do a surgical strike on Congress president Rahul Gandhi by defeating him or any member of his family for the lies that they spread.”
Textile Minister Smriti Irani sent a special message for the youth of Amethi when the first show was screened, which said, “Didi (referring to herself) ka to kaam hai sewa karna…Naujawan prerit hon bhartiya sena ke shaurya ko dekh kar, yogdan ko dekh kar, maa Bharti ke sapoot kaise ghar baar tyaag kar, apne praano ki aahuti dete hain, yeh is film mein dikhaaya jata hai (It is didi’s job to do service…The youth are inspired to see the spirit and contribution of the Army as the movie shows how sons of the soil sacrifice everything)…”