Members of Bangiya Hindu Jagaran Manch on Thursday organised a protest march to the workplace of Bangladesh Deputy Excessive Commissioner in Kolkata protesting atrocities on the Hindu neighborhood and arrest of religious chief Chinmoy Krishna Das within the neighbouring nation.
The Kolkata Police put up 5 barricades to stop the entry of protesters into the Embassy workplace at Beckbagan in south Kolkata. Nonetheless, a scuffle broke out close to Beckbagan when some protestors tried to interrupt by way of the barricades, however have been prevented by a big police power. A policeman was injured throughout the conflict.
A five-member delegation, which was granted permission to enter the Bangladesh Embassy, submitted a memorandum demanding the unconditional launch of Chinmoy Das in addition to the safety of non secular minorities.
Demanding the discharge of the jailed Chinmoy Krishna Das, a protest kirtan was held on the Albert Street centre of ISKCON (Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness). “By the kirtan, we wish to give the message to the minorities in Bangladesh that we now have not forgotten them and they’re in our ideas,” ISKCON spokesperson Radharamn Das stated.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the state of affairs within the state Meeting and stated that she had spoken to ISKCON twice relating to the matter. She emphasised that the problem concerned two nations and expressed her assist for the selections made by the central authorities.
In the meantime, BJP chief Dilip Ghosh stated, “Bangladesh’s future will likely be like Afghanistan. The centre is monitoring the state of affairs there. Those that loot the President and PM home, who can management them. Bangladesh is our neighbour… we pray for peace. We wish that Hindu minorities to be protected there…”
Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury criticized the silence on Bangladesh points, drawing a parallel with the widespread condemnation of violence in Palestine. “Don’t we discuss Palestine? Could the violence in Bangladesh come to an finish and should there be peace , Why can’t we simply say so?” he stated. — WITH PTI
