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.source https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/news/javed-akhtar-faces-music-for-taliban-rss-remarks-security-upped-outside-his-home-732238
