Taslima Nasreen gets one-year Indian residence permit

The Indian government has again extended the residence permit of controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen for one more year, report Indian media on Sunday.

On Saturday, the residence permit of the author, a citizen of Sweden, was extended till July 2020.

India has been regularly extending the residence permit of this 56-year-old writer, physician, and feminist since 2004.

The permit was first extended for three months on July 17, a day after she made a request to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Later, the home ministry extended the permit for one year when she took to Twitter to request Mr Shah.

"Hon'ble @amitshahji, I sincerely thank u for extending my residence permit. But I'm surprised it's only for 3M (three months). I apply for 5 yrs but I've been getting 1yr extension. Hon'ble Rajnathji assured me I would get an extension for 50 yrs. India is my only home. I'm sure u'll come to my rescue," She twitted on July 17.

"Every time I apply for the extension of my Indian residence permit for 5 years, I get extension for 1 year. This time I applied for the extension for 5 years, I get for 3 months only. Hope Home Minister will reconsider to extend my residence permit for at least 1 year," she tweeted again on July 17.

After getting extension of the residence permit for one year on Saturday, Taslima thanked the home ministry and her Twitter friends who had backed her case.

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