{"id":31931,"date":"2014-01-27T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T09:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31931"},"modified":"2014-01-27T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T09:53:09","slug":"lack-political-will-protest-violence-women-javed-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/lack-political-will-protest-violence-women-javed-akhtar","title":{"rendered":"Lack of political will to protest violence against women: Javed Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/lack-political-will-protest-violence-women-javed-akhtar\/bb-34\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31932\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/lack-political-will-protest-violence-women-javed-akhtar\/bb-34\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb16.jpg?fit=240%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb16.jpg?fit=240%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-31932 alignright\" alt=\"bb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bb16-150x117.jpg?resize=150%2C117&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb16.jpg?resize=150%2C117&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb16.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>In the wake of the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman at the behest of a kangaroo court in West Bengal&#8217;s Birbhum district, acclaimed Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar on Saturday expressed dismay that political parties do not have the &#8220;will or courage&#8221; to act against such violent incidents because of &#8220;vote banks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Political parties do not have the will or courage to condemn or speak against it (acts of violence) because of vote banks,&#8221; he told reporters on the sidelines of the Kolkata Literary Meet here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It (violence against women) is happening all over India.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akhtar was attending the session &#8216;As if Women Matter&#8217; at the meet where American activist Gloria Steinem was one of the panelists. 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