Amid the atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh, a controversy has also arisen over the national anthem. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami had raised the demand to change the country’s national anthem and constitution.
Amir Ghulam Azam’s son Abdullahil had alleged that this national anthem was imposed on Bangladesh by India in 1971, which needs to be changed.
Now a statement has come from the Yunus government on this whole matter. Khalid Hussain, advisor on religious affairs in the country, said that there is no plan to change the national anthem of Bangladesh. He made it clear that the interim government will not do anything to create controversy.
Bangladesh’s religious affairs adviser Khaled Hossain on Saturday said there were no plans to change the country’s national anthem.
“The interim government will not do anything that would cause controversy,” Hussein told reporters.
Hussain’s statement comes after Abdullahhil Aman Azmi, son of former Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami emir Ghulam Azam, earlier this week demanded changes to the country’s national anthem and constitution.
Bangladesh wants good relations with India
Hussain said that as a neighbouring country, Bangladesh wants friendly relations with India. “We have heard reports of attacks on our cricket team in India,” the Dhaka Tribune quoted Hussain as saying.
Since the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is in charge, they will decide on the necessary action.” Describing the attacks on mosques, temples and religious places as “heinous”, Hossain said, “Those who attack places of worship are enemies of humanity. They are criminals and will be prosecuted under existing laws.”
Hussain further said that local citizens as well as madrasa students will guard the temples during Durga Puja to prevent any attack or vandalism.
What are the allegations against Jamaat-e-Islami
Abdullahil Aman Azmi, son of former Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami emir Ghulam Azam, had earlier this week called for changes to the country’s national anthem and constitution.
He had said, “I leave the matter of the national anthem to this government. The current national anthem we have is contrary to our existence as an independent Bangladesh. It reflects the times of Bengal partition and the merger of the two Bengals. How can this happen? An anthem created to unite the two Bengals became the national anthem of an independent Bangladesh? This anthem was imposed on us by India in 1971. Many songs can serve as national anthems. The government should form a new commission to select a new national anthem.”
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