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After Bengaluru police rejected permission for the ‘Kiss of Love’ campaign that was proposed for tomorrow, the organisers today decided to postpone the controversial event for a future date.
“In order to allay their fears, we have now issued a detailed reply to the police which clearly outlines our intention behind organising the event. Therefore, we are postponing the event (Kiss of Love) to a future date based on their reply,” the organisers said in a statement here posted on Facebook.
The organisers had earlier announced that they would go ahead with the event tomorrow, defying police order which had refused to give a nod to it, contending it would be an act of obscenity.
The planned event had earned opprobrium from all political parties in the state who found it unacceptable, besides raising the hackles of right-wing organisations which have threatened to counter it.
The organisers contended that the “Kiss of Love” is protected under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution which guarantees freedom of speech and expression.
It is also legally wrong to presume that an act is obscene without seeing it in the larger context of the meaning behind the act, the organisers added.
The organisers also said they have alerted the police to a number of judicial precedents on the point and hope they would reconsider their decision so that they can hold the event on another day without any disruptions.
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