In Rajya Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala... ... Rajya Sabha LIVE | 'Those who burnt copies of Constitution are trying to teach us': Kharge

In Rajya Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Majrooh Sultanpuri and Balraj Sahni were both jailed in 1949. During one of the meetings organised for the mill workers in 1949, Majrooh Sultanpuri recited a poem that was written against Jawaharlal Nehru and therefore he had to go to jail. He refused to render an apology for the same and was jailed...Congress's record of curtailing freedom of speech didn't confine it to these two people. "Nehru", a political biography which was written by Michael Edwards in 1975 was banned. They banned also a film called "Kissa Kursi Ka" just because it questioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son..."