A planned video-link address by <name>Salman Rushdie</name> at the Jaipur Literature Festival has been cancelled admidst fears of violence. <name>Sanjoy Roy</name>, the festival's organiser, said "Earlier today, a number of organisations came to us and threatened violence."

<name>Salman Rushdie</name>, whose book The Satanic Verses remains controversial 24 years after its publication, had earlier cancelled attending the festival citing assassination threats, and it is claimed several authors who read excerpts from The Satanic Verses in support can be prosecuted.