Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said owing to the rising level of intolerance in the country several eminent writers have returned their awards as a mark of strong protest, which is a “blot” on the ruling NDA government.
The Congress leader also lashed out at the Centre for describing Dadri lynching incident as a State subject.
“The level of intolerance in the country is increasing, which resulted in number of litterateurs returning their awards to register a strong protest on the issue...The step taken by these writers is a blot on the government’s functioning,” Mr. Scinida told reporters here. - PTI
