Rushdie is lying, say Book Fair, Lit meet organisers

February 01, 2013 17:38

Organisers of Kolkata Literary Meet and Kolkata Book Fair have denied British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's statement today that he was invited to be a part of the literary carnival and said he was 'lying'.

"Rushdie is lying. He was never invited to the festival," Tridib Chatterjee, general secretary of Publishers and Book Sellers Guild, which organises Kolkata Book Fair, said in Kolkata.

"Ask him (Rushdie) to show his invitation. May be he is a renowned writer but he is lying," Chatterjee said.

Asked whether there was any pressure from the government not to include Rushdies name in the invitation list, he said the guild organises the book fair and the government has nothing to do with it.

Echoing him, KLM organiser Malavika Banerjee said: "We never invited Rushdie. His name was never included in our schedule."

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