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Now Murthy is not the only one being taken to task for dishonouring the national sentiment. There is also a raging controversy against cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was photographed cutting a cake made of the colours of the Indian flag.

Please explain the phrase `taken to task' in the above sentence.
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take someone to task = to criticize someone angrily for something that they have done
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