![]() ![]() “The House will be informed about the outcome of the probe on Saturday,” he said. He said the deputy commissioner of Pakur has been asked to carry out a probe and initiate legal proceedings against the author. Parliamentary affairs minister Saryu Roy, too, admitted it carried objectionable content and assured the government would take action against the author soon. Raising the matter, Jarkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator Sita Soren alleged that the language used by the author in the book was in bad in taste. He has also sought legal actions against the author, printer and publisher of the book,” a CMO official said. ![]() “The chief minister late Friday night asked the chief secretary to order banning the book. ![]() The book rocked the first half of Jharkhand assembly on Friday when both the opposition and ruling benches agreed it put the tribals of the state to shame. Dr Hansda Sowvendra Sekhar (L) and the cover of his book ‘The adivasi will not dance’ (R). According to the Sahitya Akademi award winning writer, the book is a collection of short stories that highlights the plight of the state’s santhal population, especially women, who are subjected to inhuman sexual exploitation when they migrate to other states for work. Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das has directed authorities to ban a controversial book, The Adivasi Will Not Dance, by Hansda Showvendra Sekhar, a government doctor posted in Pakur, for putting tribals in bad light. ![]()
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