A discussion has started on the news published in a foreign newspaper on the atrocities being committed against Hindus in Bangladesh.
The New York Times on Thursday described the anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh following the visit of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as “revenge attacks”.
The American media house has changed its headline after it was criticised by people across the world on various platforms.
Swaminathan Gurumurthy, editor of the Tamil political weekly Thuglak and a Hindu sympathizer, has also criticised the New York Times.
Hundreds of Hindu homes, businesses and temples have been vandalised since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted amid unrest over a controversial quota system that reserved 30% of jobs for families of veterans who fought in the 1971 Liberation War. India has expressed concern over the incident.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said what was particularly worrying was that minorities, their businesses and temples were also attacked in several places. Two Indian government sources told Reuters that India had evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in Bangladesh.
The report said that all Indian diplomats are in Bangladesh and are working as missions. Apart from the High Commission or Embassy in the capital Dhaka, India has assistant high commissions or consulates in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet. An Air India flight carrying 199 passengers and six infants from Dhaka reached Delhi on Wednesday morning amid political unrest, news agency ANI reported.
Hindus make up about 8% of Bangladesh’s 170 million population. Historically, they have supported Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party. Hasina is considered largely secular rather than the opposition bloc of hardline Islamist parties.
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) said 200-300 mainly Hindu homes and establishments have been vandalised since Monday. 15-20 Hindu temples have been damaged. 40 people have been injured in these attacks.
Many world leaders have condemned the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. Ro Khanna, an American politician and lawyer serving as US Representative from California, wrote on X, “The only concern Bangladeshi students had against PM Hasina was human rights. It’s good she left. But the violence now targeting Hindus is wrong. PM Yunus must uphold the rule of law and stop violence from targeting temples or people of any political party or religion.”
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