Bengal writer and folklore scholar gave her on Tuesday from the Pasimbanga Bangla Academy to protest the decision to award Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee a special award for her contribution to literary purposes. Returned the prize that was given.
Ratna Rashid Banerjee has returned the 2019 Academy Award-winning “Annada Shankar Smarak Samman”.
In a letter to Academy President Bratia Bass, who is also the Minister of Education, Banersey said the award became a “crown of thorns” for her after the decision to award a new literary award to the CM on her birthday. Insisted. Rabindranath Tagore’s.
“In the letter, I informed them about my decision to return the prize immediately.
“As a writer, I feel insulted by the move to give commercials a literary award. That will set a bad precedent. The Academy’s statement praising the relentless literary pursuit of the prestigious Prime Minister is true. It’s a tragedy, “Rashid Banersey told PTI.