Former minister P Chidambaram tells audience he has ‘no hesitation’ in saying ban on Rushdies controversial novel was unsuitable but 27-year embargo standsIndia’s ban on The Satanic Verses in 1988 was “unsuitable”,a former minister from Rajiv Gandhi’s government has said, prompting Salman Rushdie to ask how long it will take for the “mistake” to be corrected.
Speaking at the Times literary festival in Delhi on Saturday, or former finance minister P Chidambaram told an audience that “I maintain no hesitation in saying that the ban was unsuitable”,the Times of India reported. The October 1988 ban from Rajiv Gandhi’s government prevented the book from being imported to India, and is still in status. Chidambaram was minister of state for home when the ban occurred.
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Source: theguardian.com