Taslima Nasreen granted residential visa following her meeting with Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: Bengali author Taslima Nasreen was granted the residential visa to stay in India by Home Ministry on Saturday. She had met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the day time in connection to refusal of one year visa to her by Indian government. She posted about the meeting on her Twitter account. Nasreen tweeted "“I met Honourable Home Minister Rajnath Singhji this afternoon. Gave him my book ‘Wo Andhere Din’. He said,’Aapka Andhere Din Khatam Ho Jayega’ (Your dark days will end)." The 51-year-old contoversial writer Taslima Nasreen was denied one year visa by the government but was allowed to stay in the country for another couple of months starting from August 1. She had applied for one year resident permit in India but Home Ministry granted her a two months stay in the country. According to sources, the meeting continued for nearly 20 minutes in which she requested Singh that she be allowed for a longer stay in India. A Home Ministry official had said that appropriate decision on her visa status will be taken once the verification is completed. She had been continuously getting Indian visa since 2004 in spite being a Sweden national. She had to leave Kolkata in 2007 after she started receiving threats by Muslims against her works.