Jaipur Police issues notice to Nandy over his anty-dalit remarks

Jaipur: Jaipur Police issued a notice to sociologist Ashis Nandy asking him to appear before it in connection with his controversial remarks against SC and STs at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Jaipur Literature Festival producer Sanjoy Roy is also likely to be questioned by police on Tuesday.

“We served summons to the organiser but he was busy with the event so he could not turn up yesterday but has been called today for further investigation,” a police officer said.

Additional Commissioner of Police Biju George Joseph had said on Monday that the organisers were asked to remain in the city as a probe is going on against Nandy for his comments that people belonging to OBCs, SCs and STs were the most corrupt, remarks over which he has expressed regrets.

Dalit author Kancha Ilaiah, said it was “a bad statement with good intentions”.

“Prof Ashis Nandy made a bad statement with good intentions, however, as far as I know he was never against reservation. The controversy should end here,” Ilaiah had said in a statement here.