New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Monday urged Bangladesh’s interim authorities to take pressing steps to revive regulation and order within the curiosity of all Bangladeshis of each religion, as he termed as “disgraceful” the assaults on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu properties there.
Former minister of state for exterior affairs Tharoor shared on X footage from the 1971 Shaheed Memorial Complicated in Bangladesh and mentioned it was “unhappy to see pictures like this of statues” on the complicated in Mujibnagar destroyed by anti-India vandals.
“This follows disgraceful assaults on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu properties in a number of locations, whilst experiences got here in of Muslim civilians defending different minority properties and locations of worship,” Tharoor mentioned in a put up on X.
“The agenda of a number of the agitators is sort of clear. It’s important that Muhammad Yunus and his interim authorities take pressing steps to revive regulation and order within the pursuits of all Bangladeshis, of each religion,” he mentioned.
Unhappy to see pictures like this of statues on the 1971 Shaheed Memorial Complicated, Mujibnagar, destroyed by anti-India vandals. This follows disgraceful assaults on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu properties in a number of locations, whilst experiences got here in of Muslim civilians… pic.twitter.com/FFrftoA81T
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 12, 2024
India stands with the individuals of Bangladesh at this turbulent time however such anarchic extra can by no means be condoned, Tharoor asserted.
Bangladesh’s interim chief Yunus on Saturday condemned assaults on minority communities within the violence-hit nation, terming them as “heinous”, and urged children to guard all Hindu, Christian and Buddhist households from hurt.
Quite a lot of Hindu temples, households and companies had been vandalised, ladies assaulted and at the least two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League get together headed by Sheikh Hasina had been killed within the violence in Bangladesh after she fled the nation, in keeping with group leaders in Dhaka.
Extra 230 individuals had been killed in Bangladesh within the incidents of violence that erupted throughout the nation following the autumn of the Hasina authorities final week, taking the dying toll to 560 for the reason that anti-quota protests first began in mid-July.
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