The video shows lyricist, poet, and screenwriter Javed Akhtar backing Bihar CM Nitish Kumar amid the Hijab-pulling controversy.

Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the video was recorded at the SOA Bhubaneswar Literary Festival on 29 November 2025, before the controversy, and that Akhtar did not mention or justify Nitish Kumar’s actions in it. The review says Akhtar later condemned Kumar’s actions in an X post dated 18 December 2025.[S1]