Bangladeshi minorities may suffer more
India's move to grant citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus moving there in fear of religious prosecution may intensify torture and repression on minority communities at grassroots in Bangladesh, claimed Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday.
“We are very anxious and tensed...We fear...such an announcement will encourage those who want to evict religious monitories and grab their lands,” President Ushatan Talukder, also a lawmaker, read out the parishad's statement at a press conference.
A dozen minority communities' organisations jointly organised the press conference in the capital's Jatiya Press Club.
Some of the Indian media recently reported its home ministry's initiative to amend a citizenship law, exempting minority Bangladeshis and Pakistanis moving there in fear of religious prosecution from being tagged as “illegal migrants”.
The parishad's General Secretary Ranadas Gupta said Bangladesh's political parties were not striving to restore the 72's constitution which had guaranteed equal rights and dignity for every citizen.
“We want the state, government, all other political parties and people to jointly work together to implement the Liberation War's spirit,” he said.
A vested quarter does not want religious minorities to enjoy rights and dignity equal to others and is hatching a conspiracy to destroy religious harmony, he viewed.
He also denied allegations that he sought Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure security of minorities in Bangladesh.
Quoting the Press Trust of India, Indian and Bangladeshi media stated on the second week of June, amidst a series of attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus, that the religious communities had urged Modi and the Indian government to take up the matter with Dhaka to ensure their safety and security.
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