Mumbai: Indian poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar has received a response to his controversial statement at the Lahore Faiz Festival.
Javed Akhtar has said on his statement in a program in Mumbai on his return to India that my statement received a lot of attention, I felt a bit ashamed of what I had said in the end.
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He said that after coming to India, I felt like I had won the third world war, people and media have reacted a lot to my statement.
In response to a question, Javed Akhtar said that I was not afraid of my statement, in the country in which we live and live, if we are not afraid here, why should we be afraid in other countries.
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It should be noted that Javed Akhtar had alleged at the Faiz Festival that the terrorists of the Mumbai attacks are roaming in Pakistan and he was also severely criticized by showbiz stars.
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