Following the denial of bail to Iskon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das by a Dhaka court, India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs issued a observation this present day (26 November) terming the subject a motive for deep challenge and urging Bangladesh to guard Hindus and plenty of minorities.
“We indulge in got eminent with deep challenge the arrest and denial of bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das, who is furthermore the spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote. This incident follows the a couple of assaults on Hindus and plenty of minorities by extremist points in Bangladesh…We speed Bangladesh authorities to offer obvious the protection and security of Hindus and all minorities, in conjunction with their appropriate of freedom of soundless assembly and expression,” the observation said.
On 25 October, Chinmoy modified into accused in the sedition case for allegedly disrespecting Bangladesh’s national flag by hoisting a saffron flag above it at a rally organised by the Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha in Chattogram city.
Eighteen others were furthermore accused in the case filed by BNP leader Firoz Khan, who modified into on account of this truth expelled from the occasion, soon after the tournament.
Not too prolonged in the past, the Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha and the Bangladesh Sammilita Sankhalaghu Jote joined forces and began organising events below a unique coalition named Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote. Chinmoy modified into made its spokesperson.
In the period in-between, the World Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bangladesh has recently expelled Chinmoy, furthermore identified as Krishna Prabhu Das, who modified into its spokesperson.
Following his arrest the day prior to this, BJP’s West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari said they’ll preserve protests in entrance of the Bangladesh Deputy Excessive Rate in Kolkata condemning the arrest.
He furthermore threatened to dam the Bangladesh-India border with flags if Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari modified into now not released.
Earlier this month for the length of an interview with The Hindu, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus addressed Indian media’s reports over the upward thrust of radicalism in Bangladesh and shortage of safety for minorities, terming it “propaganda”.
