A Muslim cleric claimed today West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered Kolkata police to block the visit of controversial author Salman Rushdie to the metropolis on Wednesday at his instance. All India Minority Forum president and Trinamool Congress leader Idris Ali said "the chief minister wants communal harmony in the state. I congratulate her, the police and the administration for taking proper decisions in maintaining peace."

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