After his attack on Salman Rushdie, Jnanpith winner Bhalachandra Nemade has now hit out at V S Naipaul, questioning whether a writer has to visit a country thrice to understand a subject.

"Naipaul had to visit India thrice on fellowship to understand the country," Marathi litterateur claimed.

He again raised questions about the literary merits of Salman Rushdie and accused him of pandering to the West.

"Rushdie's works have criticised Eastern and Asian people and presented a negative picture about them. He has tried to please the West," Nemade said.

The 2014 Jnanpith Award recipient had questioned the works of Rushdie and Naipaul at an event organised by Matrubhasha Samvardhan Sabha in February.

After the event, Rushdie had tweeted that Nemade should accept the award and be thankful for it. He also doubted if Nemade has read the literature he was attacking. When asked about Rushdie's tweet, Nemade said that he had commented only after reading the works of Rushdie and Naipaul.