Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated on Sunday that sure quarters with vested pursuits had been disseminating propaganda to create communal divide and tarnish the picture of Bangladesh, because the nation recovers from a slew of violence towards Hindus and mob assaults on temples throughout Durga Puja festivities, in response to a media report.
Assaults on Hindu temples intensified in Bangladesh since October 13 after an alleged blasphemous put up surfaced on social media in the course of the Durga Puja celebrations. On the night time of October 17, a mob broken 66 homes and set on fireplace no less than 20 properties of Hindus in Bangladesh.
“Nobody could make Bangladesh go backwards. A number of the incidents that we sometimes see are orchestrated. It’s being performed deliberately in order that Bangladesh`s picture is broken,” Prime Minister Hasina was quoted as saying by bdnews24.com.
Talking in the course of the inauguration of the Payra bridge in southern Bangladesh, Hasina stated that “sure quarters with vested pursuits are disseminating propaganda aimed toward making a communal divide.” She, nevertheless, didn’t title anybody.
“Regardless of how a lot good work we do, there’s a quarter that’s occupied with discrediting Bangladesh. What do they need? They don`t need the traditional democratic course of to proceed on this nation,” she stated, urging folks to be cautious of the makes an attempt to destabilise the nation.
Eight folks died as communal violence unfold to a number of different districts amid the festivities, the report stated.
The Durga Puja celebrations, thought of to be the largest pageant of the minority Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh, concluded with out the normal Bijoya Dashami procession.
Bangladesh`s safety businesses on Saturday arrested Shaikat Mandal, who’s believed to be the second key suspect behind the latest violence. His arrest got here a day after police had nabbed Iqbal Hossain, 35, the important thing suspect from Cox Bazar space.
Up to now, police have arrested almost 600 folks from numerous elements of the nation for inciting violence towards the Hindus in the course of the Durga Puja festivities.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Hasina instructed her dwelling minister to provoke instant motion towards those that incited violence utilizing faith as she requested the folks to not belief something on social media with out fact-checking.
The International Ministry in a press release underlined that the Authorities of Bangladesh “unequivocally condemned these incidents and took critical observe of the reactions from inside and out of doors the Hindu neighborhood.”
The violence has been extensively condemned by the United Nations. UN`s resident coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo stated that the assaults on Hindus are towards the values of the nation`s Structure and have to cease.
Hindus represent round 10 per cent of the Muslim-majority Bangladesh`s 169 million inhabitants.
This story has been sourced from a 3rd celebration syndicated feed, businesses. Mid-day accepts no duty or legal responsibility for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and knowledge of the textual content. Mid-day administration/mid-day.com reserves the only real proper to change, delete or take away (with out discover) the content material in its absolute discretion for any cause in any respect
