The Congress president's attack comes hours after a frenzied mob protesting the release of Bollywood film Padmaavat attacked a school bus of Gurgaon-based GD Goenka World School with bamboo sticks.
The film has been facing protests by Karni Sena and other fringe groups over allegations that it distorts historical facts.
RSS north-west regional sanghchalak Bhagwati Prakash said that films should spread the message of social harmony and brotherhood.
Police said that a group of activists torched the Haryana Roadways bus near village Bhondsi on the Sohna road here.
The court in its order had said, "...what has been struck off by this Court should not be used otherwise."
Ravinder Kumar, PRO, Gurgaon Police said that school bus staffer asked the kids to crawl under seats for safety and directed the driver to not stop it.
The association members together account for 1,800- 2,000 screens across the country.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat is slated to hit the silver screens on January 25.
Padmaavat is slated to hit the silver screens on January 25.
In Gujarat and Rajasthan, activists of Rajput Karni Sena staged violent protests. In Ahmedabad, miscreants pelted stones and vandalised several shops. They also set vehicles on fire outside a theatre in Thaltej.
Earlier in the day, the apex court asked all states to comply with its order not to stand in the way of the release of controversial film ‘Padmaavat’ as it dismissed last ditch efforts by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments to block its January
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