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| Rushdie hits hard at absentees | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 17 : A visibly angry Salman Rushdie gave politicians from the sub-continent left, right and centre for opting out of India Today conclave because of his presence. Besides former Pakistan cricketer, Imran Khan, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhlesh Yadav and Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stayed away from the conclave.
"It's sad that leaders supposed to be the next generation are behaving in old-fashioned way", Rushdie said at the event. He also said, "I am impressed with my effect. Really, they're that scared of me?" Rushdie also targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for what he described as his " party's useless electoral calculations" in Uttar Pradesh.
The reference was to Gandhi's attempt to win the Muslim vote by announcing a separate sub-quote that would reserve jobs and college seats for backward Muslim quotes. "It didn't even work, Rahul," he said, referencing the Congress party's poor performance in the elections. "It didn't even work. Years and years of kneeling down before every mullah you could find, It did not even work. Must feel sick." |
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