New Delhi, Nov 28 (ANI): Former Union home minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that he had no hesitation in admitting that the ban on Salman Rushdie’s book ‘Satanic Verses’ by the then Rajiv Gandhi government was a mistake. I have no hesitation in saying that the ban on Salman Rushdie’s book was a mistake,” Chidambaram said on Saturday while addressing a session at the Times LitFest being held in the city. Chidambaram expressed his concern over rise of intolerance in the country. “What is of profound concern to me is the rise of intolerance in the country.We has been an illiberal society. Recently, illiberalism is on rise. However, illiberalism has always failed. Who believe in liberty and democracy must protest against the rising intolerance in the country.
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