New Delhi, February 25: Describing self-exiled eminent artist M F Husain as the “pride of India”, Government today said it is willing to provide security to him and that no case is pending against him in any of the courts in the country.
Responding to questions from the media on Husain being conferred honorary citizenship by Qatar, Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said, “there is no case against M F Husain. Supreme Court has quashed all the cases against him.”
The Home Secretary went on to say that Government was ready to provide security to the 95-year-old artist, if he planned to return to India.
“He (Husain) is the pride of India,” Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said adding, “I would like him to feel safe and secure in India”.
–Agencies