Members of Nari Shakti Discussion board participate in a protest towards violence towards minorities in Bangladesh, from Mandi Home to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on August 16, 2024. | Photograph Credit score: PTI
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj and Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree D. Pandit on Friday (August 16) participated in a march organised beneath the banner of Nari Shakti Discussion board, a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)-backed organisation, in Delhi to protest towards violence towards Hindus in Bangladesh following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina authorities.
Talking on the occasion, Ms Swaraj mentioned the scenario in Bangladesh, ensuing from political instability, was extraordinarily worrying and the most important sufferer of this instability was the Hindu neighborhood.
“Girls are being raped and males are being tortured. Our spiritual locations are additionally being vandalised. With right this moment’s protest march, we need to inform Bangladeshi Hindus and different minorities that we’re with them and they aren’t alone on this,” she mentioned.
Lots of of girls who participated within the protest march walked from Mandi Home to Jantar Mantar with banners and placards and demanded an finish to violence towards minorities in Bangladesh. Some protesters coated their mouths with black bands.
The protest attracted such a big crowd that police needed to impose site visitors restrictions and detours to manage the march.
Bangladesh is in political turmoil following the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina’s authorities over anti-quota protests. There have been stories of focused assaults towards the Hindu neighborhood, a minority in Bangladesh.
The Nationwide Hindu Grand Alliance of Bangladesh, a non-political Hindu spiritual organisation, has mentioned the minority neighborhood has confronted assaults and threats in 278 localities in 48 districts since August 5.
Involved over the assault on Hindus, the Sangh Parivar and its associates have approached the central authorities and requested it to take acceptable steps to assist Hindus in Bangladesh.
