Renowned author Nayantara Sahgal was invited to inaugurate the "Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan" in Mumbai but the invite was suddenly cancelled, prompting her to allege that the organisers did so under political pressure.
"It is only obvious because the organisers of the event are aware of my views, my writings and my concerns, which I have been talking about openly, and they had invited me with great happiness.
"I was all set to go for the event but I received a brief three-four line letter from the organisers on January 6, saying they were cancelling the invitation," the author, who was at the forefront of the "award wapsi" campaign, said on Tuesday.
Asked who could be behind the abrupt cancellation of her invite, she said, "Political pressure by those who are in power in Maharashtra."
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