President Ram Nath Kovind has informed the organisers of the 95th All India Marathi Literary Meet, being held at Udgir in Maharashtra's Latur, that he would not be able to remain present for the concluding ceremony of the event on April 24, one of the organisers has said.
The three-day literary meet, Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, begins today. President Kovind has cancelled his visit to the Marathi Literary Meet on April 24, his private secretary P Praveen Siddharth has informed the executive president of the literary meet, Baswaraj Patil Naglakar, through letter on Thursday.
The letter said that the president will not be able to attend the meet due to some "unavoidable circumstances and commitments in Delhi", but he has has given his consent to send a recorded message.
The literary meet is scheduled to be inaugurated by NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Former Union home minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar, state Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh, State Marathi Language minister Subhash Desai, president of the literary meet Bharat Sasane, minister Ashok Chavan, music composer Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar will be present on the occasion. Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo will be the guest of honour at the inauguration ceremony.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari will attend the concluding ceremony on April 24. As part of the literary meet, a 'Granth Dindi' or procession of books will be taken out in Udgir on Friday. The venue of the literary meet has been named after late legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar.
(With PTI inputs)
