Selection of guests draws flak

Puducherry | Saturday | 11th August, 2018

Summary:

However, at a press conference on Friday, the organisers refuted the charge that the literary festival was a propaganda platform. Now, they are trying to influence public opinion in the garb of a literary festival. Mr.

Ravikumar and Mr.

Ramachandran urged Chief Minister V.

Narayanasamy to skip the inaugural event. That is why they have ignored local born literary figures such as Ke Rajnarayanan or Pa Jayaprakasam,” he said. Tamil writer Ravikumar said that a majority of the panellists were associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or its affiliated organisations..