India has asked Bangladesh, which is making statements on Bengal violence, to focus on protecting minorities instead of interfering in India’s issues. In fact, the press secretary of the Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, Mohammad Yunus, had said that India should protect those minority Muslims who have been affected by the violence in Murshidabad, Bengal last week. Along with this, he denied that Bangladesh has a hand in instigating this violence. India has strongly opposed this statement on Friday. India said that this statement of Bangladesh is full of cunning and deceit. It wants to divert attention from the massacre of minorities in its country. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, we reject the comments made by Bangladesh regarding the incidents in West Bengal. Bangladesh is making such statements, while the criminals who tortured minorities are roaming freely there. 72 attacks on minorities in Bangladesh this year Attacks on minorities have increased in Bangladesh for some time. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament last month that there were 2400 incidents of persecution of minorities since the political turmoil began in Bangladesh in 2024. So far this year, 72 such incidents have taken place. Violence erupted in Murshidabad, West Bengal from April 8 The Waqf Amendment Act came into force in India on 8 April. In protest against this, violence broke out in Murshidabad, West Bengal on the evening of 8 April. Protesters have set fire to several vehicles. Police vehicles were also included in this. Several policemen were injured in clashes with protesters. A Muslim organization was protesting in Murshidabad against the Waqf Act. The police tried to stop the protesters. During this, the protesters threw stones at the police. The police fired tear gas shells and lathicharged to disperse them. The crowd turned violent. People set fire to police vehicles and other vehicles. 32 Hindus lost their lives in Bangladesh between August 2024 and December 2024. On August 5, 2024, after a long student movement in Bangladesh, the Sheikh Hasina government was overthrown. Hasina had to flee the country. With this, the situation in Bangladesh deteriorated. The police went underground overnight. Law and order collapsed. Minorities, especially Hindus, were the biggest targets of the uncontrolled mob. According to the report of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, 32 Hindus lost their lives in communal violence here. 13 cases of rape and harassment of women were reported. About 133 temples were attacked. These incidents took place between August 4, 2024 and December 31, 2024. According to the council, in just 15 days after the coup, there were 2010 incidents of violence against minorities. On January 11, 2025, the Bangladesh government confirmed 1769 of these cases. Investigation has been completed in 1415 of these cases. 354 cases are being reviewed. The Bangladesh government took 70 people into custody till December 10 in these attack cases. At the same time, a total of 88 cases were registered. ——————————————- Also read these news related to Bangladesh-India relations… Bangladesh to suffer huge losses, export costs will increase: India cancels trans-shipment facility, impact of the controversial statement given by the Bangladeshi interim PM in China India has withdrawn the goods transfer facility (trans-shipment facility) to be given to Bangladesh. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs issued a circular on April 8 and informed about this decision. Under this arrangement, which has been in place since 2020, Bangladesh was allowed to send its export cargo to ports and airports in third countries through Indian custom stations. Read the full news here… Anti-India agenda of Bangladesh’s Yunus government comes to the fore: Port near Kolkata handed over to China, airbase is being built in collaboration with Pakistan The anti-India attitude of Dr. Mohammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, continues. Even after meeting PM Modi at the BIMSTEC summit, the Yunus government has handed over important projects at strategic locations to China and Pakistan. These include a port and an airbase. Read the full news here…
