Narendra Modi followers are of a low quality: Javed Akhtar

Lyricist Javed Akhtar has lashed out at Narendra Modi supporters who attack him on social media. Akhtar in his tweet suggested that 90% of Indians do not support Modi, and are deemed to be anti-national by Modi supporters. In October, Akhtar had said that he believed that Modi was a threat to democracy. “Besides, all talks of involvement in Gujarat riots of 2002 which are before the courts, this man (Modi) is not democratic,” Akhtar told reporters on the sidelines of a school function in Patna. “Amid chants of registering hat-trick in Gujarat one thing is glossed over – that he has given a damn to democracy in the state… His rise is a challenge to democracy,” Akhtar, Padma Bhusan awardee, poet and well known script writer of Bollywood said. Alleging that Modi treated ministers in Gujarat like ‘chaprasis’ (peons), Akhtar asked “How can he run the country with this mindset?” Since then, Akhtar has clearly been at the receiving end of online harrassment from Modi supporters. Read some of his interactions below: [caption id=“attachment_1216237” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Javed Akhtar. PTI image[/caption] https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/398300258125373440 https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/395407651502174208 This tweet came soon after Akhtar clashed with Modi supporters who attacked Akhtar and his religion. https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/398207397665046528 He also clashed with Modi supporters about Nehru and the Congress. https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/398201094741819392 https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/397587471241719808 https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/397283504418861057 https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/396659304205651968 Akhtar also got upset when a conversation between him and author Chetan Bhagat about Diwali was seen by some tweeters as having religious undertones. https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/397167299062272000