Telangana based author Yousuf Shaik Baba called as sky baba was attacked at the Vijayawada book festival. He had been under tremendous criticism for his remarks against Andhra Pradesh and its people during the separation of Telangana. Pro Andhra protesters demanded an apology from him.
Sky baba revealed that protesters tried to attack him, when
women saved him, and said that he was worried and frightened. He added that the
police didn't intervene to help him as well, besides saying that even poets and
authors from Andhra Pradesh had attended the world Telugu conference, but
this terrible and unprecedented attack against him was horrifying.
He also said that even chief minister Chandrashekhar Rao who
had criticized Andhra Pradesh often, was welcomed, but only writers and authors
were particularly targeted. Sky baba was supposed to launch his book Mokhali, a
compilation of poems by twenty Andhra Pradesh and Telangana based Muslim poets.
