Bangladeshi Hindus below former prime minister Sheikh Hasina weren’t get and were ancient as political pawns, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has acknowledged.
In an interview with India This day, the click secretary acknowledged the incidents of attacks on minorities after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina weren’t religiously motivated nonetheless linked to politics.
“The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Solidarity Council right here had reported forty five murders, mostly of Hindus, between June 2023 and July 2024. Whereas the identical body reported 9 deaths between August 4 and August 20. Whereas the latter bid will most likely be repeatedly highlighted, the former is subdued,” Shafiqul acknowledged within the interview published the previous day.
He acknowledged they’ll dangle the “secular fabric of our society” nonetheless misinformation ought to accumulated be curbed.
He urged journalists and people of the Indian civil society to search recommendation from Bangladesh and ogle for themselves that we are residing in total communal cohesion.
Alam emphasised the importance of sustaining sturdy bilateral members of the family with India, citing shared borders, cultural ties, and familial connections. He popular that below Hasina’s regime, the connection became unbalanced, favoring India disproportionately.
“We desire a partnership based entirely on equality, mutual respect, and belief,” he acknowledged.
Alternatively, the click secretary expressed disaster about positive vested pursuits in India working to destabilise ties, particularly those unable to accept Hasina’s ouster.
“I don’t desire guilty someone. Nonetheless it might perhaps actually be a truly vital that every of us catch some self-overview to resolve out what is maintaining us succor. Bangladesh has urged that a four-nation hydel energy grid – comprising Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Nepal – be save up. Bangladesh and India ought to purchase hydel energy generated in Nepal. This might perhaps perchance also decrease our carbon footprint and lend a hand all four nations,” he acknowledged.
Relating to experiences of Iskcon monks denied stir to India irrespective of getting magnificent paperwork, he acknowledged, “There became some miscommunication, I’m certain. I truly have personally spoken to Charuchandra Das Brahmachari, the total secretary of Iskcon in Bangladesh, and sorted it out.”
He condemned the assault on Bangladesh mission in Agartala, calling it a “violation of diplomatic protocols”, urging Indian authorities to plot certain such incidents make not recur.
Shafiqul Alam disregarded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s advice to deploy UN peacekeepers in Bangladesh as “hilarious”. He invited Mamata to search recommendation from Bangladesh to observe the ground actuality, asserting that the nation stays “calm and precise”.
