Demands for the immediate release of the ISKCON monk who has been arrested in Bangladesh are growing. Protests have intensified in the country. A news package about it.
The controversial reservation issue in Bangladesh has spread across the country as anti-government protests. As a result, Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister on August 5 and left the country.
Following this, an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took office in Bangladesh. Since then, there has been a series of attacks on the 8 percent minority Hindus living in Bangladesh. Many Hindu temples were subsequently demolished. There have been over 200 violent attacks on Hindus. Hindu houses and business establishments were set on fire.
India has strongly condemned the attacks on minorities including Hindus in Bangladesh. And the interim government led by Muhammad Muhammad Yunus continued to insist that the rights of minorities in the country should be protected.
In this case, Sinmai Krishna Das Brahmachari, a Hindu monk in the country, was arrested for insulting the national flag of Bangladesh. His bail plea was also dismissed.
Since the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, there have been nationwide protests in Bangladesh. Violent attacks have been carried out on Hindus who protested peacefully with just demands.
The Mohammad Yunus government, which did not take action against the perpetrators, had filed a writ petition in the court saying ISKCON was a religious fundamentalist organization and should be banned. Last Thursday, the Bangladesh High Court refused to issue a voluntary order to ban ISKCON in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, ISKCON General Secretary Charu Chandra Das has said that Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari Bangladesh is neither a member nor a spokesperson of ISKCON, and none of Brahmachari’s views are those of ISKCON.
Also, the General Secretary of ISKCON denied wrongly linking ISKCON to the death of lawyer Saibul Islam Alif in Chittagong and categorically stated that ISKCON has nothing to do with the ongoing protests in the country.
In this context, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said in Parliament that the Government of India has urged the Government of Bangladesh to ensure the safety of all minorities including Hindus and their places of worship.
As the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh are increasing, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met Prime Minister Modi and discussed.
Therefore, it is expected that the Minister of External Affairs will make an important announcement regarding the security of Bangladeshi Hindus in this parliamentary session itself.
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