Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on October 10 slammed Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena's move of sanctioning the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy in a 2010 case related to provocative speeches, saying the "LG and his masters" have no place in their regime for tolerance or forbearance.
The former Home Minister said there was no justification in 2010 to register the case against Ms. Roy on the charge of sedition and there is no justification now to sanction prosecution against her.
His remarks came after Mr. Saxena accorded sanction to prosecute Ms. Roy and a former Kashmiri professor in the 2010 case related to provocative speeches allegedly made at a conference in New Delhi, Raj Niwas officials said.
