The Indian Union Home Ministry officials stated on July 21 that Taslima Nasrin’s permit has been officially extended to one year. She has repeatedly requested for a permanent residency permit in India.
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in India since 2004 has got an extended one-year Residency Permit in India in July.
Nasrin, a citizen of Sweden, has been getting residence permit in India on a continuous basis since 2004.
The Indian Union Home Ministry officials stated on July 21 that Taslima Nasrin’s permit has been officially extended to one-year plus.
A Home Ministry official told PTI that her residence permit has been further extended for one more year till July 2020.
The 56-year-old writer was last week given a three-month residence permit following which she took to Twitter requesting Home Minister Amit Shah for extending it for one year.
“Hon’ble @amitshah Ji, I sincerely thank u for extending my residence permit. But I’m surprised it’s only for 3M. I apply for 5yrs but I’ve been getting a 1yr extension. Hon’ble Rajnathji assured me I wd get an extension for 50yrs. India is my only home. I’m sure you’ll come to my rescue (sic).
Following the extension of the residence permit for one year, Ms Nasreen again took to Twitter.
“Twitter is so powerful! On July 16 I tweeted my residence permit wasn’t extended. On July 17 it was extended, but only for 3 months. So many Twitter friends requested MHA to extend it for a longer period. It’s extended for 1yr today. Thanks, MHA to change the decision. Love my Twitter friends,” she said.
Ms Nasreen had to leave Bangladesh in 1994 in the wake of a death threat by fundamentalist outfits for her alleged anti-Islamic views. Since then she has been living in exile.
She has also stayed in the U.S. and Europe during the last two decades.
However, on many occasions, she had expressed her wish to live in India permanently, especially in Kolkata.
Ms Nasreen had also applied for permanent residency in India but no decision has been taken on it by the Home Ministry, another official said.
The writer also had to leave Kolkata in 2007 following violent street protests by a section of Muslims against her works. The author has expressed her desire to permanently stay in India to further pursue her writing career.
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