Kolkata, May 07: With the Centre warning of action under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against civil society representatives speaking in favour of naxals, social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi today dared Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to arrest her.
“I invite Chidambaram to arrest and jail me for 10 years if the central government thinks I am a Maoist,” the Magsaysay award winner told PTI here.
The renowned writer who has spent most of her life projecting the plight of the tribals and promoting their rights said, “I condemned police atrocities against the naxalites in the ’70s and I am not scared that by supporting the right cause I will be labelled a Maoist.”
Controversial Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman, whose statements supporting Maoists embarrassed party supremo Mamata said, “I have been advocating the cause of tribals all through.
–Agencies