Taslima should be allowed to stay in India: M M Joshi
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, whose visa is set to expire on February 17, should be allowed to stay in India, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said on Monday.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, whose visa is set to expire on February 17, should be allowed to stay in India, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said on Monday.
"If she has hurt the sentiments of any section of the society, that section can go to court but can't take the law into their own hand," Joshi told reporters here.
"The court will review the situation," he said. Joshi, however, said Taslima, who is living at an undisclosed address in Delhi after being hounded out from Kolkata on November 22 last year, should not write anything which could disturb the law and order in the country and the government should take care of it.
The Millittehad Parishad, an organisation of 12 Muslim groups including state unit of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind and All India Minority Forum, have demanded that Taslima's visa should not be renewed as she has "hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims through her writings".
"If she has hurt the sentiments of any section of the society, that section can go to court but can't take the law into their own hand," Joshi told reporters here.
"The court will review the situation," he said. Joshi, however, said Taslima, who is living at an undisclosed address in Delhi after being hounded out from Kolkata on November 22 last year, should not write anything which could disturb the law and order in the country and the government should take care of it.
The Millittehad Parishad, an organisation of 12 Muslim groups including state unit of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind and All India Minority Forum, have demanded that Taslima's visa should not be renewed as she has "hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims through her writings".
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