Facebook Post Critical of BJP Costs Dalit Professor His Award

'A dalit professor from Lucknow has faced the ire of the Rajya Karamchari Sahitya Sansthan (State Employees’ Literary Association) for a Facebook post criticising the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A large number of people including students from all walks of the society came forward to protest against this on the streets of Lucknow streets on Sunday evening (March 10). Professor Ravi Kant was conferred the Raman Lal Agarwal Award, but on March 6, he received a letter from the association stating that the award conferred to him stands cancelled owing to his Facebook post which criticised the BJP. The letter sent to him by the award committee reads, “You were being given the Raman Lal Agarwal Award, however, we have received a latter with allegations against you along with copies of your Facebook account. In such opposite situations, the committee has decided to roll back its decision to confer the award upon you.”...'