BJP questions "Mamata's silence", meets Bangladesh Deputy envoy on violence against Hindus
New Delhi:
"Why is Mamata Banerjee silent for the last five days," screamed BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari questioning the double standards of Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal over the repeated incidents of vandalism and ghastly attack on Hindus in Bangladesh.
"Cry, the beloved country," tweeted writer Taslima Nasreen, who also shared some photographs displaying the agony of Hindu minority women in her country.
A delegation led by West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, Oct 11, met the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata over last week's violence at an Iskcon temple and other places in the neighbouring country's Noakhali andseveral other places.
"We are indebted to Hindu population and Hindu voters, just as we are indebted to our party,"Mr Adhikari said adding, "the minority Hindus are living in extreme fear psychosis in Bangladesh.These are true cases of violation of human rights. Nine people including a Iskcon templepriest have died there in the violence".
"As many as 500 Durga puja pandals, considered the major festival of Bengalis, were vandalised and 200temples attacked. We met Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh and urged them to take urgentsteps to stop the violence," he said.
"The kind of violence we are seeing has surpassed what had happened in 1971," Mr Adhikari saidadding, "there could be reactions also".
Talking to journalists, Mr Adhikari lashed out at Mamata Banerjee and said after 2019 polls, she haddescribed Muslim voters as "milching cows".
"She is not quite concerned about Sanatani (Hindu) people," said Mr Adhikari, who had defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram.
A mob vandalised an Iskcon temple in Bangladesh's Noakhali district last Friday and killed one of its members. The religious organisation took to Twitter to say that the temple suffered “significant damage" during the attack.
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According to Iskcon authorities, a mob first vandalised a Durga Puja pandal adjacent to the temple in Noakhali before attacking the devotees in the Iskcon temple.
The idol of Srila Prabhupada, the founder of Iskcon, was allegedly desecrated and books were set on fire.
"We will definitely intensify our protest if these things are not stopped," Mr Adhikari said.
Violence first broke out in Comilla district and at least four people initially died in the violence.
Alarmed by a series of attacks on Hindu temples in Bangladesh, India on Oct 14,
said that the Indian High Commission is in close contact with authorities in Bangladesh.
"We have seen some reports of attacks on religious gatherings in Bangladesh. We note that the Bangladesh government has reacted strongly to it. We also understand that Durga Puja celebrations continue in Bangladesh," MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi told reporters.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that a thorough investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, the BJP's IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, tweeted saying, “The impunity with which religious freedom of Hindus in Bangladesh is being trampled, reiterates the importance of CAA, a humanitarian legislation. Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to CAA and studied silence now should worry Hindus of West Bengal, who too are facing marginalisation under TMC.”
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India-UK first Maritime Dialogue focuses on Indo Pacific
New Delhi:
In a major push to bilateral ties between India and the United Kingdom, the two foreign ministers held the inaugural Maritime Dialogue in a virtual format on Monday, October 18.
The virtual deliberations between External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and his British counterpart Liz Truss were held as part of the broad agreement drawn in the India-UK Roadmap 2030 for future relations.
The India-UK Roadmap was adopted at the Virtual Summit between the two Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Boris Johnson in May 2021.
"The consultations, which were led by the two Foreign Ministries, involved exchanges on cooperation
in the maritime domain, Indo-Pacific and regional and multilateral cooperation," an MEA source
said.
In a joint statement issued after talks between two Prime Ministers Mr Modi and Mr Boris Johnson in May,
the two sides had affirmed their shared vision of an open, free, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific region,
underpinned by respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, rule of law, transparency, freedom of navigation
and overflight in the international seas.
It also pledged lawful commerce and peaceful resolution of disputes.
Notably, the inaugural Maritime Dialogue has taken place close on the heels of the vaccine-travel row
has been settled between two countries.
The UK's move not to recognise India's vaccination sometime back was not only discriminatory, to many
it also reflected a virtual superiority complex and "colonialist mindset".
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar had met British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in New York.
The vaccine-travel row has been settled now.
Prime Minister Modi on October 11 spoke on telephone to his British
counterpart Mr Johnson and the two leaders reviewed the progress in bilateral relations.
Both the leaders had "expressed satisfaction" at the steps already initiated under the
Roadmap 2030.
Both the Prime Ministers also reviewed the progress of the Enhanced Trade Partnership and
agreed on the potential of rapidly expanding trade and investment linkages between both countries.
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