03-21-2004, 01:06 AM
<b>Don't play with Indian pride, PM warns foreign author </b>
Mumbai: In view of the controversy on James Laine's book on Chhatrapati Shivaji, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today warned the foreign author not to play with "our national pride".
Discuss: Foreign authors better stop playing with our national pride
On the alleged remark against Shivaji and his mother Jijamata in the book titled, 'Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India', Vajpayee said, "we not only condemn it, but also warn the foreign author not to play with our national pride."
Maharashtra government has stated that it would initiate action against the author, Vajpayee said adding, "the centre will support the state government and if the Maharashtra government fails then centre will initiate action on its own."
However, Vajpayee in the past at a function in Mumbai had said the views of a writer should be countered by ideology after the controversy over the book was raked up.
The Congress-NCP led DF government had attacked the saffron alliance for disapproving the state government's decision to ban the book and demanded an apology from the Prime Minister.
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Mumbai: In view of the controversy on James Laine's book on Chhatrapati Shivaji, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today warned the foreign author not to play with "our national pride".
Discuss: Foreign authors better stop playing with our national pride
On the alleged remark against Shivaji and his mother Jijamata in the book titled, 'Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India', Vajpayee said, "we not only condemn it, but also warn the foreign author not to play with our national pride."
Maharashtra government has stated that it would initiate action against the author, Vajpayee said adding, "the centre will support the state government and if the Maharashtra government fails then centre will initiate action on its own."
However, Vajpayee in the past at a function in Mumbai had said the views of a writer should be countered by ideology after the controversy over the book was raked up.
The Congress-NCP led DF government had attacked the saffron alliance for disapproving the state government's decision to ban the book and demanded an apology from the Prime Minister.
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