Bangladesh Minorities Row: Amidst the news of atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh and the arrest of three Hindu monks, student leaders included in the government have further intensified their anti-India stance. Nahid Islam, information advisor to the caretaker government, has referred to Two-India and accused the “ruling elite” in India of pursuing divisive politics.

The situation in Bangladesh is not normal after the fall of Sheikh Hasina government on August 5. After the meeting with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, student leaders announced plans to set up a media cell to counter the portrayal of rising Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh. This new story and proposal came to light after the leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement met with the interim government’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.

Muhammad Yunus’s advisor spews anger against India

According to the report of Dhaka newspaper Prothom Alo, after the meeting, student leaders also said that they have demanded the Awami League government to disclose all the agreements made with India. During the meeting with Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s Information and Broadcasting Advisor Naheed Islam said that the Indian ruling elite and Hindutva forces “engage in divisive politics and anti-Bangladesh rhetoric.”

On the one hand, he praised the solidarity shown by “democracy-loving” Indian students from Kolkata and Delhi. “Bangladesh shares historical and cultural ties with West Bengal, Tripura and Assam; they are our stakeholders,” he wrote on Twitter. On the other hand, Nahid criticized India’s ruling elite and Hindutva forces for “promoting divisive politics and anti-Bangladesh rhetoric”.

He alleged that Delhi was “attempting to restore the fascist Awami League” and trying to disrupt Bangladesh’s democratic and nation-building process through a “narrative of oppression of minorities”.

Nahid tried to divide Indians into two classes

According to India Today report, Naheed Islam’s comment definitely shows that he has cleverly tried to classify Indians into two categories. No lawyer dared to help Hindu sadhu Chinmoy Krishna Das get bail after, just hours earlier, videos were posted of lawyers threatening to publicly beat up anyone who came to his defence. Were.

Naheed had earlier posted on X that the killing of a lawyer in the Chittagong court complex was the work of “communal terrorists”. The murder took place when Das’s supporters tried to stop his jail van.

Naheed alleged that Das was “trying to create communal divide through false and inflammatory statements in various meetings.” “The Government of Bangladesh will ensure the highest level of justice for subversive Hindutva terrorists through due legal process,” Nahid warned.

Anti-propaganda cell proposal

Amid reports of attacks on minorities and their properties, especially Hindus, and world media reporting on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh, student leaders said they had formed a dedicated media “cell” with Yunus to deal with “misinformation”. Discussed the establishment of.

Speaking to the media on Tuesday (December 03, 2024), another student leader, Hasnat Abdullah, said he along with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus called for more publicity in international forums and to counter disinformation, Prothom Alo reported. Formation of a ‘cell’ was discussed. Rejecting reports of increase in Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh, Abdullah even said that communal harmony is Bangladesh’s heritage.

However, a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report analyzing the actions and missteps of the interim government of Bangladesh has exposed the government led by Chief Minister Muhammad Yunus, highlighting that the military-backed administration During the first 100 days, “religious and ethnic minorities and marginalized communities” became “victims of violence”.

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