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‘Burqa’ ban ok if ‘ghunghat’ too is outlaw: Javed Akhtar

Press Trust of india by Press Trust of india
May 3, 2019
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Bhopal, May 02: Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar Thursday said he was not averse to enacting a law banning the ‘burqa’ if it was accompanied with a similar action against the ‘ghunghat’ system prevalent among women in Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Akhtar’s comment came in the wake of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Wednesday urging the Modi government to emulate Sri Lanka in banning the ‘burqa’ on grounds of national security.

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“If you want to bring a law banning ‘burqa’ here (in India) and if it is someone’s view I have no objection. But before the last phase of election in Rajasthan, this government should announce a ban on the practice of `ghunghat’ (covering of the face by Hindu women) in that state,” Akhtar told reporters here.

“I feel that `ghunghat’ should go and the ‘burqa’ should go. I will be happy,” he added.

Speaking further on the issue, the Bollywood veteran said, “Brother, I have little knowledge of the ‘burqa’ as there were working women in my family and I haven’t seen the practice at my home.”

“Iraq is a very orthodox Muslim country but the women there do not cover their faces. The law in Sri Lanka (now), too, forbids face cover,” said the celebrated screenwriter, a Padma Bhushan awardee.

In the editorial in party mouthpiece `Saamana’, the Sena had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to follow Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s footsteps and ban the ‘burqa’ and other face-covering garments in India considering the “threat” they pose to the nation’s security.

Sri Lanka’s decision came in the wake of the Easter Sunday terror attacks in the island nation that killed over 250 people.

As the editorial created a flutter and drew sharp reaction from various quarters, a senior Sena leader said the editorial was not the official stand of the party, which is an ally of the BJP.

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