UP: People carry out protest march in Varanasi, Ayodhya over attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 11 (ANI): Hindu organisations and residents in various parts of Uttar Pradesh took out a protest march on Sunday over attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh.

People in Varanasi took out a protest march in the city. In Ayodhya, Mahants and Hindu organisations took out a protest march in the city.

Former BJP leader Pandit Sunil Bharala said, “The Hindu minority in Bangladesh is under threat at the moment. The temples and mutts are not secured and at night they are guarding it. Our daughters are also not safe. I condemn these attacks and appeal to the Bangladesh interim government to protect them. Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a strong stand on it. There is anger in the country. India should take a strong decision on this issue if this continues.”

Earlier a large crowd gathered outside the Houses of Parliament in London and the White House in Washington to protest the alleged violence against minority Hindus and other groups in Bangladesh following the resignation and departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Jamaat-e-Islami leaders visited the Dhakeshwari National Temple in Dhaka with Hindu leaders to foster interfaith harmony and emphasise that the country belongs to all its citizens, regardless of religion, and everyone has equal rights.

Further, the leader stressed that there should be no issue of majority or minority; everyone is equal, adding he highlighted the importance of treating people with respect and dignity, recognising them as human beings.

Bangladesh is facing a fluid political situation with Sheikh Hasina, tendering her resignation from her post on August 5 in the wake of mounting protests. The protests, led majorly by students demanding an end to a quota system for government jobs, took the shape of anti-government protests.

Recently, an interim government was formed in the country, with seventeen members taking oaths at a ceremony in Dhaka on Thursday and Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus, 84, as the country’s chief advisor.