Arya Vysyas community members are staging a protest demanding the immediate ban on the book author by Kancha Ilaiah in the two Telugu states. Earlier Telangana Minister Harish Rao had condemned the book and sought an unconditional apology from Ilaiah.
Speaking to the media the chief minister slammed Kancha Ilaiah for his provocative writing and mentioned that nobody has a prerogative for hurting public sentiments in the name of free speech. Taking a jibe at Ilaiah, Naidu advised authors to maintain the public decorum while expressing their views democratically.