Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi meet Mamata
   Date :30-Jul-2021

Javed Akhtar Shabana Azmi
 
 
NEW DELHI :
 
AFTER meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi, lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar on Thursday said there should be a change in the country and it is the history of Bengal that it had led the revolutionary movements. Javed Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi met Banerjee in Delhi. Briefing mediapersons after the meeting, Akhtar said, “It is a courteous meeting.
 
The artists and intellectuals of Bengal support Mamata ji. We congratulated her on her victory. We are grateful to Mamata ji for her support in the amendment in the Royalty bill.” “I believe there should be a change. There are so many tensions in the country right now. There are incidents of violence. It is a matter of shame that Delhi witnessed communal riots,” added the lyricist.