Earlier on Saturday, she has knocked the door of union home ministry with a plea to allow her to stay in India for a longer period. On last Wednesday, her ‘resident permit’ was cancelled by the NDA government.
She has applied for the extension of her Indian resident permit a month ago but there was no reply from the home ministry. Sensing trouble, she immediately sought an appointment with the home minister Rajnath Singh and met him on Saturday.
Sources said Taslima has requested the home minister to do the needful so that she can be allowed to stay in India for a longer period. Soon after her half-an-hour meeting with the home minister, Nasreen said, ‘I met honorable home minister Rajnath Singh ji this afternoon. Gave him my book - Wo Andhere Din (Those Dark Days). He said, Aapka Andhere Din Khatam Ho Jayega (Your dark days will end).’
It was learnt that Singh has asked officials to start working on the verification process of Taslima’s visa application. ‘We have completed her verification process in few hours and by late evening her resident permit was cleared,’ MHA sources said.
Earlier, on 30 July, the central government cancelled the ‘resident permit’ to the exiled Bangladeshi writer, currently staying in the national capital, which she had since 2004. The government, while cancelling her ‘resident permit’, only issued a temporary visa allowing her to stay in India for another two months till 1 October, 2014.
Taslima, who has been living in exile for several years after clerics in Bangladesh issued a fatwa against her, expressed her sorrow and tweeted, ‘Indian government has canceled my resident permit that I started getting since 2004. Issued a temp tourist visa for 2 months. Beyond my imagination.’
Taslima was forced to leave her country in 1994 after her book ‘Lajja (Shame)’ created furor and she was branded anti-Islamic and a feminist.
She has applied for the extension of her Indian resident permit a month ago but there was no reply from the home ministry. Sensing trouble, she immediately sought an appointment with the home minister Rajnath Singh and met him on Saturday.
Sources said Taslima has requested the home minister to do the needful so that she can be allowed to stay in India for a longer period. Soon after her half-an-hour meeting with the home minister, Nasreen said, ‘I met honorable home minister Rajnath Singh ji this afternoon. Gave him my book - Wo Andhere Din (Those Dark Days). He said, Aapka Andhere Din Khatam Ho Jayega (Your dark days will end).’
It was learnt that Singh has asked officials to start working on the verification process of Taslima’s visa application. ‘We have completed her verification process in few hours and by late evening her resident permit was cleared,’ MHA sources said.
Earlier, on 30 July, the central government cancelled the ‘resident permit’ to the exiled Bangladeshi writer, currently staying in the national capital, which she had since 2004. The government, while cancelling her ‘resident permit’, only issued a temporary visa allowing her to stay in India for another two months till 1 October, 2014.
Taslima, who has been living in exile for several years after clerics in Bangladesh issued a fatwa against her, expressed her sorrow and tweeted, ‘Indian government has canceled my resident permit that I started getting since 2004. Issued a temp tourist visa for 2 months. Beyond my imagination.’
Taslima was forced to leave her country in 1994 after her book ‘Lajja (Shame)’ created furor and she was branded anti-Islamic and a feminist.