Ponnam Prabhakar, an MP from Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh, on Friday filed a complaint against eminent scholar Ashis Nandy, for making remarks alleged to be anti-Dalit at the Jaipur Literature Festival recently, police said.
In his complaint, Prabhakar said Nandy's comments have hurt the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes and are an infringement on the rights of the these communities. Prabhakar demanded the police to investigate the matter and take appropriate action against Nandy.
Circle Inspector, Karimnagar Two Town, G Vijay Kumar said a complaint by Prabhakar had been registered in the general diary and sent to the public prosecutor for his opinion.
