By way of PTI
MUMBAI: Amid a row over the Maharashtra govt chickening out an award for the Marathi translation of alleged former Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy’s memoir, Opposition chief Ajit Pawar on Wednesday stated the ruling dispensation was once seeking to keep watch over the fields of literature and tradition.
He alleged the state govt was once seeking to impose an “undeclared emergency” through scrapping the literary award, which was once finalised through a diffusion committee, for the interpretation of the memoir.
Addressing a press convention towards the backdrop of the row, the Chief of the Opposition within the Legislative Meeting stated the Eknath Shinde-led govt is meddling within the number of literary awards. He stated political events will have to now not intervene in those issues.
The row erupted after the state govt reversed the verdict of the choice committee and withdrew the Overdue Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021 for Anagha Lele for her translation of Ghandy’s “Fractured Freedom: A Jail Memoir”, six days after pronouncing the prize.
The verdict got here in for complaint on social media on account of Ghandy’s alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
A Executive Solution (order) issued on Monday said the verdict of the choice committee were reversed for “administrative causes”, and the award (for Lele), which integrated a money prize of Rs one lakh, has been withdrawn.
The committee has additionally been scrapped.
“The Eknath Shinde govt is making an attempt to keep watch over the fields of literature and tradition,” Pawar stated.
In the meantime, 3 contributors of the award variety committee have resigned from the state Literature and Tradition Board mentioning an “insult to democratic procedures”.
The 3 authors – Dr Pradnya Daya Pawar, Neeraja and Heramb Kulkarni – had been additionally contributors of the committee that decided on the Marathi translation of Ghandy’s memoir for the award, which was once withdrawn through the federal government.
Pawar puzzled if the resignation of the choice committee contributors wasn’t “shameful” for the federal government. “Previous this month, an award was once introduced for Anagha Lele’s translation of the guide (written through Ghandy). However unexpectedly the award was once withdrawn and the choice panel scrapped.
“This interference within the paintings of the committee arrange through the State Literature and Tradition Board chairperson is mistaken and condemnable. Political events don’t need to intervene in those issues,” the previous deputy leader minister stated.
He stated authors Sharad Baviskar and Anand Karandikar who had been decided on for the Overdue Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021 like Lele in several classes have declined to simply accept their awards in protest.
Karandikar on Tuesday informed PTI he would go back his award in protest towards the Maharashtra govt chickening out an award for the Marathi translation through Lele.
He had stated the federal government’s transfer to take again the award is the “absolute gagging of freedom of ideas and freedom of expression”.
MUMBAI: Amid a row over the Maharashtra govt chickening out an award for the Marathi translation of alleged former Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy’s memoir, Opposition chief Ajit Pawar on Wednesday stated the ruling dispensation was once seeking to keep watch over the fields of literature and tradition.
He alleged the state govt was once seeking to impose an “undeclared emergency” through scrapping the literary award, which was once finalised through a diffusion committee, for the interpretation of the memoir.
Addressing a press convention towards the backdrop of the row, the Chief of the Opposition within the Legislative Meeting stated the Eknath Shinde-led govt is meddling within the number of literary awards. He stated political events will have to now not intervene in those issues.
The row erupted after the state govt reversed the verdict of the choice committee and withdrew the Overdue Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021 for Anagha Lele for her translation of Ghandy’s “Fractured Freedom: A Jail Memoir”, six days after pronouncing the prize.
The verdict got here in for complaint on social media on account of Ghandy’s alleged Maoist hyperlinks.
A Executive Solution (order) issued on Monday said the verdict of the choice committee were reversed for “administrative causes”, and the award (for Lele), which integrated a money prize of Rs one lakh, has been withdrawn.
The committee has additionally been scrapped.
“The Eknath Shinde govt is making an attempt to keep watch over the fields of literature and tradition,” Pawar stated.
In the meantime, 3 contributors of the award variety committee have resigned from the state Literature and Tradition Board mentioning an “insult to democratic procedures”.
The 3 authors – Dr Pradnya Daya Pawar, Neeraja and Heramb Kulkarni – had been additionally contributors of the committee that decided on the Marathi translation of Ghandy’s memoir for the award, which was once withdrawn through the federal government.
Pawar puzzled if the resignation of the choice committee contributors wasn’t “shameful” for the federal government. “Previous this month, an award was once introduced for Anagha Lele’s translation of the guide (written through Ghandy). However unexpectedly the award was once withdrawn and the choice panel scrapped.
“This interference within the paintings of the committee arrange through the State Literature and Tradition Board chairperson is mistaken and condemnable. Political events don’t need to intervene in those issues,” the previous deputy leader minister stated.
He stated authors Sharad Baviskar and Anand Karandikar who had been decided on for the Overdue Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021 like Lele in several classes have declined to simply accept their awards in protest.
Karandikar on Tuesday informed PTI he would go back his award in protest towards the Maharashtra govt chickening out an award for the Marathi translation through Lele.
He had stated the federal government’s transfer to take again the award is the “absolute gagging of freedom of ideas and freedom of expression”.
