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Dealing with Rushdie's Satanic Verses, Shah Bano cases for vote bank led to disastrous results: Kerala Gov Arif Mohammed Khan

Dealing with Rushdie's Satanic Verses, Shah Bano cases for vote bank led to disastrous results: Kerala Gov Arif Mohammed Khan

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, a votary of reforms in Muslim personal laws, told Indian Express in an interview that the ban on Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, the overturning of the Supreme Court's verdict in the Shah Bano case, and the decision to open the locks of the Babri Masjid, did monumental harm to the country as these issues were dealt with not on merit but to build vote banks.