The Assam government employees will be granted a half-day leave to watch the newly-released movie – โ€œThe Kashmir Filesโ€. 

This was announced by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday evening. 

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government employees can avail a half-day leave to watch โ€œThe Kashmir Filesโ€. 

โ€œThe Kashmir Filesโ€ is based on the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s from then Jammu and Kashmir state. 

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โ€œGlad to announce that our government employees will be entitled for half-day special leave to watch The Kashmir Files,โ€ said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. 

He added: โ€œThey will have to only inform their superior officers and submit the tickets the next day.โ€ 

The Assam chief minister, along with cabinet colleagues, watched the newly-released movie – โ€œThe Kashmir Filesโ€ – at a theatre in Guwahati on Tuesday. 

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, after watching the movie, said that โ€œgenocide of Kashmiri Pandits was a blot on humanityโ€.  

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โ€œThe Kashmiri Pandit genocide and their exodus are a blot on humanity. Moved by the heart-wrenching portrayal of their plight in The Kashmir Files, which I watched along with my cabinet colleagues,โ€ Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also heaped praised on the film. 

PM Modi praised the makers of the movie for โ€œbringing the truth in its correct formโ€. 

On the other hand, the BJP-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Karnataka, Tripura and Goa declared the film tax-free.