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Row over Maharashtra literary fest
Mumbai,UPDATED: Jan 7, 2019 12:29 IST
Maharashtra meet has now courted controversy. Buckling down under pressure, the invite to noted writer Nayantara Sahgal to inaugurate the All India Marathi Literary meet has been withdrawn. The AIML president Ramakant Kotle has written the letter informing her about the decision taken due to some unavoidable reasons. It is believed that the invite has been withdrawn amid threats of protest by local MNS units which have raised the objection over the invitation.
Sahgal, 91, was one of the first writers to have returned the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the growing intolerance in the country in 2015, soon after the Modi government came to power.
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