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Effects of cash for vote win for Congress Party in India – Tasilma in Left out
Interesting developments in New Delhi intrigues every Indian whether in India or abroad. When secret Indian agents abroad contacted on behalf of the Indian Congress party for Taslima Nasreen to return back to India, she was surprised. She understood the equations have changed. Sonia Gandhi and company and especially Bengal Congress party leader Pranab Mukherjee (current Indian foreign minister) wants Taslima as a teaser gun for the West Bengal communist Government.
Taslima Nasreen is back in India, her return facilitated by a valid visa and the changed political equations in Delhi.
The Bangladeshi writer, who was hounded out of Calcutta after protests by a section of the minority community, has returned to “virtual house arrest” on the outskirts of Delhi less than 10 days before her Indian visa was to expire.
The Bengali Left front leaders understand Sonia Gandhi’s and Pranab Mukherjee’s move. Tasilma will be in Kolkata before anyone can think. Her presence in Kolkata will create enough tension to keep the communists of Bengal busy and nervous.
Her arrival raises a piquant situation for the Bengal government. If she insists on reaching Calcutta — sources say she has already told her minders that she wants to visit the city — the Centre is no longer under any compulsion, unlike last time when the CPM called the shots in Delhi, to come to the Left Front government’s rescue and keep her in a safe house forever.
“The home ministry is going to write to the Bengal government for a formal response,” an official said in Delhi.
According to Indian officials, “Taslima got in touch with the government in July, saying that she wished to return. The ministries of external affairs and home affairs said they did not have a problem. They even said she could return to Calcutta but that might create problems with the Bengal government.”
The central government requested Taslima not to return in July since it was focused on the trust vote in Parliament. “Now that the trust vote is over and the Left has joined the Opposition bandwagon, the Congress-led UPA government found no reason to hold back Taslima, especially since she is holding a valid visa,” an official said.
“She still wants to go to Calcutta. Although the Centre is yet to write formally to the Bengal government on the issue, the state has already indicated that she is not welcome,” another official said.
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