MUMBAI: Security was tightened outside the residence of writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar in Bombay on Monday after a Maharashtra BJP MP apologized for his comment where he allegedly compared the RSS to the Taliban, an official said of the police.
The appropriate police gang was placed outside the Akhtar residence near the ISKCON temple in the Juhu area, the official said, adding that security personnel, including women police officers, were leaving. deploy outside the lyricist’s home.
Akhtar recently told a news channel that the right around the world has a strange resemblance.
“The Taliban want an Islamic country. These people want to make a Hindu Rashtra,” the lyricist said without naming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
BJP MLA and state party spokesman Ram Kadam condemned Akhtar’s statement.
Mumbai lawmaker said he will not be allowed to screen any film about Akhtar in the country until he apologizes to Sangh officials for their comments.
Shiv Sena, who shares power with the PCN and Congress in Maharashtra, said on Monday that Akhtar was “completely wrong” in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.
“How can it be said that those who favor the concept of a Hindu Rashtra have a Taliban mentality? We do not agree,” said an editorial by Sena spokeswoman ‘Saamana’.
The appropriate police gang was placed outside the Akhtar residence near the ISKCON temple in the Juhu area, the official said, adding that security personnel, including women police officers, were leaving. deploy outside the lyricist’s home.
Akhtar recently told a news channel that the right around the world has a strange resemblance.
“The Taliban want an Islamic country. These people want to make a Hindu Rashtra,” the lyricist said without naming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
BJP MLA and state party spokesman Ram Kadam condemned Akhtar’s statement.
Mumbai lawmaker said he will not be allowed to screen any film about Akhtar in the country until he apologizes to Sangh officials for their comments.
Shiv Sena, who shares power with the PCN and Congress in Maharashtra, said on Monday that Akhtar was “completely wrong” in comparing the RSS with the Taliban.
“How can it be said that those who favor the concept of a Hindu Rashtra have a Taliban mentality? We do not agree,” said an editorial by Sena spokeswoman ‘Saamana’.