Joining the growing chorus of protests against social activist Kancha Ilaiah over his book, TRS MLA Ganesh Bigala demanded that the writer withdraw the book, and apologise.

Bigala is an MLA from the Nizamabad Urban constituency.

Speaking to Sushil Rao from the Times of India, Bigala said, “I have asked the people of my community who approached me not to make a hero out of Kancha Ilaiah. He does not deserve the attention that he is seeking by writing ill about Vysyas. The book does not serve any purpose and is not in national interest. Why should it have been printed at all?"

Arya Vysya organisations have been holding protests in parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh seeking a ban on his book, "Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu (Vysyas are social smugglers)".