: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today asked the exhibitors federation to call of their 'unilateral' strike to end the crisis in the film sector.
In his Facebook post,he said it was the unilateral stand of the Exhibitors Federation that was the hurdle for ending the stalemate in the sector and not the government's attitude.
"The Government stand was that it was not proper for Exhibitors to go for strike unilaterally. But the Federation went ahead with its strike plan ignoring government approach', Vijayan said. They should call off the strike', he added.
Vijayan pointed out that government had also made it clear that Minister for Culture A K Balan would convene a meeting and sort out the issues.
The minister did call a meeting and held discussions, he said.
"But the Exhibitors Federation fixed and announced a ratio for sharing income unilaterally and also said they would not backtrack on their decision," the Chief Minister said, adding that other organisations in the sector had however agreed with government's stand.
Cinemas in Kerala have been remained closed for nearly one month as part of Federation's call for a strike over sharing of theatre collection between them and film producers.
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