New Delhi: Author Taslima Nasreen had met with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday after her one-year visa had been refused by the government and instead given permission to stay in India for two months.
Official sources claimed that Taslima Nasreen requested the Home Minister that she be allowed to stay in India for a longer period during the 20-minute meeting.
Notify that Taslima had applied for a resident permit and the Home Ministry granted her the same type of visa but only for two months beginning August 1, 2014.
On microblogging site Twitter, Taslima tweeted, “I met Honourable Home Minister Rajnath Singhji this afternoon. Gave him my book ‘Wo Andhere Din’. He said, ‘Aapka Andhere Din Khatam Ho Jayega’ (Your dark days will end).”
A verification process of Ms. Nasreen’s visa application has also been initiated by the government and the two-month visa has been given pending a decision on the longer-term visa.
After the verification process is completed, the government will take an appropriate decision, a Home Ministry official said.
The controversial writer from Bangladesh has been living in self exile since 1994 in the wake of death threats by Muslim fundamentalist outfits.
Nasreen is currently a citizen of Sweden. She has been continuously getting Indian visa since 2004.
Bureau Report
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