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Amid a row over the Maharashtra government’s decision to withdraw an award for the Marathi translation of alleged Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy’s memoir, three members of the award selection committee have resigned from the state Literature and Culture Board citing insult of democratic procedures.According to a report of PTI, The three authors Dr Pradnya Daya Pawar, Neeraja and Heramb Kulkarni were also members of the committee that selected the Marathi translation of Ghandy’s book “Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir for the Late Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021. However, the government not only withdrew the award, but also scrapped the award selection committee.On December 6, the government’s Marathi Language department had announced the award to Anagha Lele for her translation of Ghandy’s book. But the decision came in for criticism on social media because of Ghandy’s alleged Maoist links, PTI reported.In her statement, Dr Pawar said, The Maharashtra government’s one-sided decision to scrap the selection committee insults the democratic procedures. I have decided to resign as a member of the Maharashtra State Literature and Culture Board.Kulkarni said, Ghandy’s book is not even banned, still the Maharashtra government back-tracked its own decision to award the translated version of it. This kind of treatment by the government will discourage people in future to be part of such processes. If the board is not going to support us, then I better quit. Please accept my resignation. Neeraja cited a similar reason. If the board is not standing behind us and extending its support, then it is better that I quit as its member. I believe in freedom of expression and am deeply hurt by the state’s decision

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