Javed Akhtar faces music for Taliban-RSS remarks; security upped outside his home

Lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar on Monday came under attack from the Shiv Sena and the VHP for his comments that appear to equate the RSS and other right-wing outfits with the Taliban, a militant group that has seized power in Afghanistan, while police stepped up security outside his Mumbai home. Akhtar (76) recently told a news channel that right wing all over the world has an uncanny similarity.

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