Mumbai: Security was increased outside lyricist Javed Akhtar’s home in Mumbai after BJP MLA Ram Kadam demanded an apology from him for comparing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) with the Taliban.
Adequate police arrangements were made outside Akhtar’s residence near the ISKCON temple in Juhu area, with security personnel, including a woman constable, stationed outside the lyricist’s house, the official said.
Akhtar recently told a news channel that there is a unique similarity among right-wingers all over the world.
“The Taliban want an Islamic country. These people want to make a Hindu rashtra,” the lyricist said without naming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Also Read: Shiv Sena Slams Javed Akhtar Over RSS-Taliban Remarks
BJP MLA and state party spokesperson Ram Kadam condemned Akhtar’s remarks.
The Mumbai MLA said that no film involving Akhtar will be allowed to be screened in the country until he apologizes to the union office bearers for his remarks.
The Shiv Sena, which shares power with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra, on Monday said Akhtar was “completely wrong” in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.
“How can you say that those who favour the concept of a Hindu rashtra are of Talibani mindset? We don’t agree with this,” an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said. PTI
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