Writers protest a case of ‘intellectual intolerance’: Jitendra Singh

Jammu, Oct. 17 : Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that writers’ returning their Sahitya Akademi awards was clearly a case of ‘intellectual intolerance’.”It is the intellectual intolerance that society needs to guard against. Intolerance and intellectualism are not compatible, and therefore, for a writer or an intellectual, it is given to be an obligation and also a duty towards society to work against such elements which tend to create intolerance,” Singh told the reporters here.”Therefore, intellectual intolerance is something which is more ominous than any other intolerance,” he added.Singh also said the government was not convinced about the manner in which the awards were being returned.