The Shiv Sena on Wednesday in its mouth-piece "Saamana" called ... the government must announce that no woman will be allowed to use ghoonghat in Rajasthan," Akhtar said. Akhtar said: "Faces covered ...

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Thursday said he was not averse to enacting a law banning burqa if it was accompanied with a similar action against the ‘ghoonghat’ system prevalent among ...

He said, “facist parties like Shiv Sena, BJP, RSS hate Islam and that ... Mufti Mohammad Khalid in Aligarh said that burqa, parda, ghoonghat everything is the same as they are being used by ...

Covering the face should be stopped, whether ‘naqab’ or ghoonghat,” his Twitter post said. Mr Akhtar, while reacting to demand by Shiv Sena to follow Sri Lanka to impose ban on burqa in ...