"The atmosphere of intolerance created by Congress was punctured by Chidambaram even before the discussion," he told reporters as Lok Sabha took up the issue for debate.
Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home, said it has now proved that Congress has made a mistake by levelling the allegations that there was an atmosphere of "intolerance".
"Congress itself is an intolerant party. Chidambaram has proved this," he said.
"I have no hesitation in saying that the ban on Salman Rushdie's book was wrong," Chidambaram, who was a Minister of State for Home under the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi when the ban was imposed in October 1988, said speaking at the Times LitFest here.