A row has erupted after the state government rolled back the decision of a selection committee and withdrew the Late Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021 for Anagha Lele for her translation of Ghandy's Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir , six days after announcing the prize on December 6.
Mr Pawar’s blistering attack came when several awardees rejected the literary award announced by the state government to protest its move while Mr Laxmikant Deshmukh, who is the former president of literary conference, resigned from the state committee on language improvement.
Sharad Baviskar, assistant professor at JNU, said that he was driving towards the campus when he got into a heated argument with a few people on the road.