Kolkata: Hindu Jagran Manch protests outside Bangladesh High Commission after Hindu homes attacked.

RSS-linked group protests outside Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata  after Hindu homes attacked in an Islamist violence.

Sankirtan Das | HENB | Kolkata | Aug 18, 2024:: The south Bengal unit of Hindu Jagran Manch, an RSS-affiliated activist group, protested outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata in the wake of attacks on the Hindu communities amid political unrest in crisis-hit Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist, Christian Unity Council (BHCUC) told Reuters, that more than 200-300 mostly Hindu homes had been vandalised after Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on Monday. A half dozen of casualties of Hindu men are also reported by the media as targeted violence unleashed against the Hindu minority of Bangladesh. Hindu homes, business and temples were attacked in 27 districts in Bangladesh as an onslaught of Hindus during the anti-quota, anti-Hassina protests by the students, as told. The students’ protest turned as a mayhem  against the Hindu minorities in the country.

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Hindus form 8 per cent of Bangladesh’s 170 million population and have historically been loyalists of the Awami League party, which is seen as largely secular.

The ouster of Sheikh Hasina and the absence of a government for the past week has opened up the potential for atrocities against vulnerable populations such as Hindus, Christians and Buddhists.

Homes of the Muslim minority sect of Ahmadis had also been torched on Monday, following the fall of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League’s government.

Students who led the protests have urged people not to target minority communities, even offering to guard temples from vandals. However, Reuters reported that several Hindu community leaders feel unsafe due to a lack of a functioning government.

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday siad the Centre was “monitoring the situation with regard to the status of minorities”. He also said that until law and order is restored they will have to keep an eye on the situation in the neighbouring country.

Taking a dig at the central government, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop atrocities against Hindus the same way he claimed to have briefly stopped the war between Russia and Ukraine to rescue stranded students.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh is all set to form its first interim government after 15 years of governance by Sheikh Hasina. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will be sworn in at 8 pm on Thursday, after being awarded the position with the consensus of civic groups, student protestors and the military.
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Today’s demonstration in Kolkata outside the Bangladesh High Commission drew a good numbers of protestors and they demanded the safety and security of Bangladesh minorities with the intervention of Government of India.

The protesters attempted to submit a memorandum to the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh but were rebuffed when the official declined to meet with the Hindu Jagran Manch delegation. In response, the organization expressed its displeasure at the Bangladesh High Commission’s refusal and announced plans for further action on a larger scale if the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh continues unchecked.
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__Inputs from PTI, HT & Campaign Calling Media. Courtesy: The news links used above.