In a statement, 100 artists and historians such as Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, Vivan Sundaram and Amar Farooqui, slammed the move to ban the book calling it odious.
Insisting that the Congress respected the PM despite being his opponent, Surjewala said if the Prime Minister "himself hides his degrees, then how could be the Right to Information be defended".
The second phase of Delhi's odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution ended on Saturday evening with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling it a success even as there were concerns over the environmental impact of fires, including at two landfill sites.
It was the Bofors howitzer scandal which brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. Since then, none from the dynasty has been the prime minister although the Congress has been in power.
Aiming to accelerate the pace of development works in the state, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday announced the government would spend Rs.3,500 crore on strengthening urban infrastructure.
The BJP and the Congress on Friday again indulged in political recriminations on the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal both in parliament and outside, with BJP chief Amit Shah targeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi.