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Noted writer urges President to
intervene in Gujarat

Eminent writer and Magsaysay award winner Mahasweta Devi on Saturday urged President K R Narayanan to immediately intervene and put an end to the violence in Gujarat.

In a letter to the President, the writer said she was appalled at the outburst of communal frenzy, and added that the state government and Centre "are doing too little too late''.

''The carnage, which has been taking place in the last few days, is clearly the outcome of motivated, well-planned and provocative actions of the so-called Sangh Parivar," she said.

Seeking the President's intervention ''at this hour of national shame", Mahasweta Devi said she was deeply disturbed by the events taking place in Gujarat.

''The people who perpetrated heinous vandalism in Ayodhya in December 1992... are again at their game for the last few months. We know the pattern. We even know the remedy. The trouble is a complete lack of political will to put a stop to this kind of madness," she said.

The writer said while stern legal action should be taken against those who killed the karsevaks in Godhra, similar action should be taken against those indulging in arson and bloodbath in other parts of Gujarat.

PTI

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