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BJP fails to explain why Taslima was forced to leave Jaipur

November 23, 2007 19:21 IST

Bhartiya Janata Party, which slammed the West Bengal [ Images ] government for packing off Taslima Nasreen [ Images ] unceremoniously on Thursday, failed to explain why the controversial Bangladeshi author was shifted from Jaipur [ Images ] after she landed there on Thursday night.

"We are not here to score political points. Rajasthan [ Images ] chief minister Vasundhara Raje did not even know that that she was coming to Jaipur, otherwise she would have made arrangements for Nasreen to stay there," BJP leader Sushma Swaraj [ Images ] said in response to a question from rediff.com during her daily briefing in Parliament House on Friday.

Nasreen is currently in Delhi [ Images ] under heavy security provided by the Intelligence Bureau.

The BJP leaders alleged that the Communist Party of India [ Images ] – Marxist had used the aircraft of an industrialist to shift her from Kolkatta to Jaipur. While a television channel revealed that Taslima was in Jaipur, she was forced to stay at an ordinary hotel as the five-star hotels refused to accommodate her.

Interestingly, the CPI-M [ Images ] cancelled its briefing on Friday fearing too many questions from the media about the controversial Bangladesh author

Onkar Singh in New Delhi  

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