Bengal Unmoved, Taslima Stuck
Taslima Nasreen's insistence on returning to Kolkata and the West Bengal government's reluctance to have her back in the city have led to a deadlock, sources in the government said on Sunday . Interlocutors of the central government were working overtime to find a way out for the controversial Bangladeshi writer who has been holed up in Rajasthan House in Delhi since Friday night.Intelligence sources said Taslima is being persuaded to shift out temporarily to some safe house somewhere else in the country But the author, . who was moved out of her ‘second home' Kolkata last week following violence over her stay is reluctant. ,
A glimmer of hope appeared on Sunday afternoon, when television channels aired reports that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had welcomed her back. An excited Taslima told HT on phone: "I just saw it on a television channel. Is it true that the CM has made such a statement?" "I just cannot express my feelings. I am really grateful to the CM... Now let me find out how soon I can get back to my flat in Kolkata." But then came the bad news. The chief minister had made no such statement. The reports were wrong.
And Taslima broke down. Talking about life in the past four days, Taslima, who was taken out of Jaipur a day after she reached there as the state government feared unrest over her presence, said she felt being treated like a football, being kicked around.
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Article taken from the issue: 26 November, 2007
Labels: government, Taslima Nasreen, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
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