The MHA acted after Nasreen made a public appeal to the Home Minister, urging an extension of her residence permit, which had been pending since July 22.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said it was his government's responsibility to ensure Taslima Nasrin's safety whenever she visited West Bengal.
Besides Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta and veteran Bengali author Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay will be on the dais with Taslima.
The author will make her first public appearance here at an anti-fundamentalism literary programme at Rabindra Sadan, where she is expected to recite poetry.
