"Absolute Shame": Omar Abdullah On Shooting Of TV Show Inside J&K Assembly
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"Maharani", a Hindi-language TV series starring Huma Qureshi, was shot inside the assembly complex in Jammu in June last year.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday came down heavily on the Jammu and Kashmir administration for allowing the shooting of a TV serial inside the legislative assembly complex, calling it an "absolute shame". pic.twitter.com/vTAhCXsQoG
Maharani, a Hindi-language TV series starring Huma Qureshi, was shot inside the assembly complex in Jammu in June last year. The series is inspired by political turns in Bihar in the 1990s when the then chief minister Lalu Prasad, who has been mired in the infamous fodder scam, installed his wife Rabri Devi as his successor.
"The true face of 'the mother of democracy', where once elected representatives of the people from all parties, religions, backgrounds & parts of J&K legislated on matters of great importance now actors & extras use it as a set for TV dramas," the former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir said in a post on X.
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