All India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

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.

The controversy surrounding a Marathi literary meet continued to generate heat in literary and political circles in Maharashtra with a question mark over the invitation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the event following sammelan president Sripal Sabnis' remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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.

The controversy surrounding a Marathi literary meet continued to generate heat in literary and political circles in Maharashtra with a question mark over the invitation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the event following sammelan president Sripal Sabnis' remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.