A poem under Salim Khan’s name goes viral on social media, Khan denies; calls it ‘trash’

Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan has written a couple of heated tweets after a poem that was apparently published under his name on social media a couple of years ago, resurfaced and went viral in no time.
On Monday, Khan took to social media to present his side of the story. He tweeted, “A couple of years back somewhere on social media a poem was published under my name which started “Aaj kalam ka kagaz se danga karne wala hun” the same poem is doing the rounds again under my name.”
“I am not a poet and even if i tried my hand at poetry i would do a much better job than the trash that has been published under my name.I have no idea what anyone is getting out of this,” he added in another tweet.

The poem in question first appeared in December 2015 and slams the media, which the poem states is considered as one of the four pillars of democracy, for allegedly resorting to yellow journalism and how people from the industry can be easily ‘bought’.