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CM Mamata blocked my arrival in Kolkata: Rushdie
February 01, 2013
Author Salman Rushdie has said that he was banned from visiting Kolkata
earlier this week by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee. He was scheduled to address a press conference as part of the
publicity for 'Midnight's Children' based on his award-winning novel.
"The
simple fact is that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the
police to block my arrival, " Rushdie tweeted today.
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