India, Aug. 2 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday assured exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen of full security whenever she visits the State, using her return to Kolkata after nearly 19 years to project what he described as a fundamental political shift in Bengal under the BJP Government.

Addressing a literary event on anti-fundamentalism at Rabindra Sadan, where Nasreen made her first public appearance in Kolkata since being forced to leave the city in 2007, Adhikari said the state had entered an era where freedom of expression and constitutional rights would be protected.

"It is my duty as the chief minister and also as the minister in charge of the police department to provide you with security whenever y...