Ram Pratap Singh Diggi, owner of Diggi Palace, venue of the Jaipur LitFest today said that he decided to call off the video uplink with author Salman Rushdie because of security concerns. "A large number of people were unhappy with the uplink, they were marching on the Diggi Palace, violence has been threatened, and the uplink was called off for the sake of the security of the property, the attendees, and our children."