Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on 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. Akhtar’s comment came in the wake of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece on Wednesday urging the Modi government to emulate Sri Lanka in banning the burqa on grounds of national security. “If you want to bring a law banning burqa here (in India) and if it is someone’s view I have no objection. “I feel that ‘ghunghat’ should go and the burqa should go. The law in Sri Lanka (now), too, forbids face cover,” said the celebrated screenwriter, a Padma Bhushan awardee.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2019 06:53 UTC