Updated On: 15 June, 2024 08:58 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Besides Arundhati Roy, VK Saxena on Friday also gave the green signal for action under UAPA against former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain

Sharad Pawar. File Pic
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday described as `misuse of power` the Delhi Lieutenant Governor`s sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under the stringent UAPA for an alleged provocative speech in 2010, reported the PTI.
Sharad Pawar was speaking to reporters during a joint press conference with Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan.