Naidu accuses writers of being ‘selective’

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday accused the writers, who returned their awards, of double standards saying they were selective in attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “growing intolerance” in the country and overlooked the Congress wrongdoings including Emergency in the past.

“Why these writers did not raise the issue of intolerance during the regime of Congress in Maharashtra when Dhabolkar was killed. Why are they not writing a word against the Congress government in Karnataka where Dr Kalburgi’s murder took place. Whose government is in Uttar Pradesh when Dadri episode happened? It was Mulayam Singh party’s government. But some writers are attacking Modi for all these incidents. What is the connection of Modi with these incidents?” Naidu said.