Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:14pm on 15 Jun 2024,Saturday India
NCP chief Sharad Pawar condemned the Delhi Lt. Governor’s decision to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under UAPA for a 2010 speech. He called it a "misuse of power" during a press conference with Uddhav Thackeray and Prithviraj Chavan. Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain were named in an FIR for allegedly provocative speeches at the ‘Azadi – The Only Way’ conference, advocating Kashmir’s separation from India. Last October, the L-G also granted sanction under various IPC sections, including promoting enmity and public mischief. Roy is a Booker Prize-winning author.
