 "Padmavati row: BJP decries member who put bounty on Deepika Padukone's head")
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday ordered one of its senior members to apologise publicly after he offered a reward for anyone who beheaded Bollywood star Deepika Padukone for her role in “Padmavati”, a movie whose portrayal of a Hindu queen and a Muslim conqueror has enraged Hindu activists.
The film, based on an epic poem, explores the relationship of a Hindu queen from the Rajput warrior clan and Muslim ruler Alauddin Khilji.
The movie was due to open on December 1 but its producers postponed the release. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, both ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP, banned it
