Amid a row over the Maharashtra government`s decision to withdraw an award for the Marathi translation of alleged Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy`s memoir, three members of the award selection committee have resigned from the state Literature and Culture Board citing "insult of democratic procedures".

The three authors - Dr Pradnya Daya Pawar, Neeraja and Heramb Kulkarni - were also members of the committee that selected the Marathi translation of Ghandy`s book "Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir" for the Late Yashwantrao Chavan Literature Award 2021. However, the government not only withdrew the award, but also scrapped the award selection committee.