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This is an archive article published on November 24, 2007

145;Taslima8217;s eviction exposes Left8217;s pseudo-secularism146;

The BJP said that the eviction of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen from Left-ruled West Bengal exposed CPM's 8216;pseudo-secularism8217;.

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The BJP said that the eviction of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen from Left-ruled West Bengal exposed CPM8217;s 8216;pseudo-secularism8217;.

The saffron party came out in full support of the controversial novelist, facing threats from several Muslim fundamentalist groups for her alleged anti-Islamic writings, and demanded that she should not be deported and allowed to stay in the country.

BJP national spokesperson Prakash Javadekar visited her at the Rajasthan House here, where she has been put up as a guest of the state government since Friday night.

8220;The Taslima affair has exposed the CPM8217;s so-called secularism. First they failed to protect her, then reduced her security in the face of threat from Muslim groups and finally forcefully evicted her from Kolkata and sent her to Jaipur,8221; he said.

8220;She is happy and doing her regular work,8221; Javedekar said after meeting Nasreen.

He said, 8220;Taslima was forced to leave Kolkata without her consent and she wants to go back but the government there is refusing to provide guarantee and security.8221;

The BJP has been demanding grant of permanent visa to Nasreen, who was shifted to Jaipur on Thursday by the West Bengal police following large scale violence in Kolkata by a Muslim organisation demanding her expulsion.

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Nasreen is living in self-exile in India following death threats in Bangladesh after her alleged anti-Islamic writings.

 

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