“The video shows lyricist, poet, and screenwriter Javed Akhtar backing Bihar CM Nitish Kumar amid the Hijab-pulling controversy.”
What FACTLY found
The viral video does not show Javed Akhtar backing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The footage is from the SOA (Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan) Bhubaneswar Literary Festival 2025, held on 29 November 2025, and is unrelated to the Hijab-pulling controversy. Javed Akhtar’s comments in the video were not connected to Nitish Kumar and were made before the controversy occurred. On the contrary, Javed Akhtar condemned CM Nitish Kumar’s action in an X post dated 18 December 2025 and called on him to offer...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 December 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 December 2025. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/873035163200573/?multi_permalinks=2320050361832372&hoiste…
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