CM Mamata blocked my arrival in Kolkata: Rushdie

February 01, 2013 12:49

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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