[Reader-list] Narendra Modi invites Taslima to Gujarat

[kirdar singh]

I guess Modi will keep Taslima Nasreen in the Fine Arts department of
M.S.University at Baroda...? The most suitable place in Gujarat for
liberal arts...



On 11/27/07, S.Fatima <sadiafwahidi at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Ha, ha, ha...
> -----
>
> Narendra Modi invites Taslima to Gujarat
> 27 Nov 2007, 1700 hrs IST,PTI
> Botad (Gujarat)/New Delhi: Saffron forces on Tuesday
> jumped into the raging controversy over Bangladeshi
> writer Taslima Nasreen with Chief Minister Narendra
> Modi inviting her to Gujarat and RSS demanding
> political asylum for her.
>
> "Taslima has been courageous in speaking out against
> fundamentalists. If the Central government cannot look
> after her, send her to Gujarat. The people and
> government of Gujarat will look after her. I have the
> courage to protect her," the Chief Minister said while
> addressing an election meeting in Botad town of
> Bhavnagar district.
>
> Modi, the Sangh's poster-boy, alleged that the Central
> government was trying to send Nasreen out of the
> country.
>
> Accusing the Central Government of not being clear on
> Bangladesh, Modi said first it was unsuccessful in
> stopping infiltration and now the political allies of
> those in power have overnight forced Nasreen to flee
> from Kolkata.
>
> He said Taslima, who has written against
> fundamentalists, was first sent to Rajasthan and then
> to New Delhi.
>
> Speaking on the sidelines of a function in Delhi, RSS
> Chief K S Sudharshan told PTI that "she should be
> given political asylum.
>
>
>
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