India’s Minister for Culture Mahesh Sharma brings back memories of Minister Raj Narain, a minister in the first Janata Government in 1977. This government was a coalition between Jansangh (precurser to BJP) and Janata Party and other anti-congress groups.
Sharma has once again courted controversy by putting his foot in it!
Reacting to writers returning their Sahitya Akademi Awards, he said, “ If they say they are unable to write, let them first stop writing. We will then see…”
People from all walks of life have come down heavily on the ‘honourable’ minister for being insensitive.
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