Javed Akhtar hits back at troll who called him ‘son of gaddar’. In a post on X, Akhtar said that family has been part of the Indian freedom movement.
Javed Akhtar is known for being upfront and outspoken on various issues. Recently, the veteran screenwriter schooled a social media troll who called him a “son of Gaddar (traitor).” He stated that his family has been part of the Indian freedom movement. Akhtar’s retort was in response to a social media user’s jab at his post discussing US President Joe Biden’s re-election chances.
“I am a proud Indian citizen and till my last breath, I will remain so but I have one common fact with Joe Biden. Both of us have exactly equal chance of becoming the next president of the USA,” Akhtar wrote on X.
The social media user called Akhtar a son of a traitor and said that they have divided our nation on religious lines. Akhtar, known for his outspoken views on various topics, clapped back at the user on Saturday, responding with: “It is difficult to decide whether you are totally ignorant or a complete idiot.” He added, “From 1857 my family has been involved with the freedom movement and has gone to jails and Kala Paani when most probably your baap dadas were licking the boots of Angrez sarkar.”
The 79-year-old writer is the son of lyricist-poet Jan Nisar Akhtar, who was an active part of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in pre-Partition British India, and writer Safiya Siraj-ul Haq.
His great-great-grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was a freedom fighter who participated in the 1857 rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company. Khairabadi was sentenced to life in prison in the Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Paani, on the Andaman Islands where he died in 1864.
In the same X thread, Akhtar further wrote that former US First Lady Michelle Obama can “save the USA” from ex-president Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican opponent in the upcoming elections.
“I have expressed my opinion quite a few times in the past and still stand by it that the only one who can save the USA from Trump is Michelle Obama,” he said.
With PTI Inputs
