Kolkata: Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, on Tuesday said that demonstrations will be held at the India-Bangladesh border of Benapole -Petrapole in North 24 Parganas of West Bengal if the ongoing attacks and atrocities on minority Hindus in Bangladesh are not stopped immediately.
He said this while addressing a father at the rally organised by Govardhana Giri Charitable Trust in Kolkata, protesting against the attack on the Hindu community in Bangladesh and the destruction of Durga idols during Durga Puja.
Besides Adhikari and other BJP leaders from West Bengal, a section of women from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas who were reportedly victims of sexual harassment there at the hands of a section of the ruling Trinamool Congress leaders, also participated in the rally.
“We will be forced to stage protest demonstrations at the Benapole –Petrapole border if the attacks and atrocities on the minority Hindus in Bangladesh are not stopped immediately. We respect other religions. But, today, we are being attacked there. We want to send this message to the officials of the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Kolkata,” Adhikari said while addressing the gathering at the end of the rally.
Kolkata Police initially did not give permission to organise the rally, following which the organisers approached the Calcutta High Court. The court’s single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh gave conditional approval to conduct the rally on Tuesday.
Bangladesh has been on the boil since July this year following an uprising against the erstwhile Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, which ultimately forced her to escape the country and take shelter in India.
The violence did not stop even after the new interim government, headed by Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, took charge. In the recent past, there have been reports of several instances of attacks and atrocities on the minority Hindus in Bangladesh.
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–IANS
