“India was the first country to ban The Satanic Verses- which was proscribed without following India's own stipulated due process in such matters, banned before it entered the country by a weak Congress government led by Rajiv Gandhi, in a desperate, unsuccessful bid for Muslim votes.” Satanic VersesSalman RushdieRajiv GandhiAyatollah Khomeini Book:Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002 Source: Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002