Manoj Muntashir, who has penned the lyrics of some popular songs over the years, has become the centre of controversy on Twitter, after he shared a video, where he compared Babur, Akbar and the Mughal emperors to dacoits. While a section of social media praised Muntashir for his comments, another section including prominent Bollywood celebrities such as Richa Chadha and Neeraj Ghaywan slammed the 45-year-old for 바카라seeding hatred바카라 through the video.
 In the one-minute-long video titled 바카라Who Are Your Ancestors?바카라, posted on the microblogging platform on August 24, Muntashir is declaring that the country had been brainwashed and roads were named after 바카라glorified dacoits바카라 like Akbar, Humayun and Jehangir.
Some people, including filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, also spoke in his support.
As the outrage spread, 'Mughals' started trending on Twitter with more than 20,000 tweets on the topic.
Husain Haidry, another lyricist writer, claimed this wasn't the first time Muntashir was "spreading hate or lies바카라 and it won바카라t be the last. Mask has been off since well over a year. This is not an out-of-the-blue video. Anyway, spewing anti-Muslim venom, instead of being punished, has now been incentivised by the government and the society...," the 'Mukkabaaz' lyricist wrote.Â
Muntashir later took to social media to thank all those who supported him for sharing the video.Â
(With Inputs From PTI)
