The biggest minority group in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, has accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim authorities in Bangladesh of utilizing essential state establishments to hold out discriminatory actions in opposition to minorities. The group in its accusations provides that the federal government has failed to guard non secular and ethnic minorities from assaults and harassment within the nation. Nevertheless, the federal government has persistently denied the declare. The council claims that 2,010 incidents of communal violence happened throughout the Muslim-majority nation between August 4 and 20. Disputing the declare, the Yunus-led authorities says that a lot of the incidents had been attributable to “political causes” and never by communal points.
Incidents of communal violence noticed a number of deaths: Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council
The council underscored in a information convention that 174 new incidents of communal violence had taken place between August 21 and December 31 final yr, which noticed the deaths of 23 members of minority teams killed and 9 girls raped.
Different incidents in opposition to minorities embrace arson, vandalism, looting, and forcible takeover of property and companies. It added that at the very least 15 members of minority teams had been both arrested or tortured for allegedly undermining Islam.
After Sheikh Hasina was ousted from energy in Bangladesh, the Yunus-led authorities is accused of undermining minority rights as Bangladesh has been going by way of a tense interval with Hindu-majority India over minority points, sparking protests and counter-protests.
Interim authorities sad over Hasina’s asylum in India
Importantly, a number of members of the interim authorities are additionally sad over the truth that India is sheltering Hasina, and a particular tribunal in Bangladesh has sought her arrest. An official request to India for her extradition stays unanswered.
In 1971, India gave shelter to 10 million refugees and assisted Bangladesh in gaining independence, which took a nine-month battle in opposition to Pakistan. Notably, New Delhi considers Hasina to be a trusted buddy. Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was the independence chief of Bangladesh, then the jap a part of Pakistan, India’s regional adversary.
Final yr, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took over after a student-led rebellion final yr during which a whole lot of individuals died pressured former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India on August 5, ending her 15-year rule.
(With inputs from PTI)
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