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  Writers, filmmaker flay Mamata over Rushdie episode

  National | Feb 02, 2013, 12:53 PM IST

  Kolkata, Feb 2: Several known writers and a veteran filmmaker from West Bengal Friday criticised the state government after novelist Salman Rushdie claimed he was forced to cancel his visit to Kolkata."Kolkata is an open

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  Cong's Role Questionable In Rushdie Episode, Says Jaitley

  India | Jan 25, 2012, 08:27 AM IST

  Pathankot, Jan 25: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday alleged the Salman Rushdie controversy was generated by the Congress to tap Muslim votes in five poll-bound states.The Congress-led government at the Centre “seems to