Members of Bongiya Hindu Jagaran Mancha during a protestation march successful Kolkata connected Thursday. (Express photograph by Partha Paul)
Members of Bangiya Hindu Jagaran Manch connected Thursday organised a protestation march to the bureau of Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner successful Kolkata protesting atrocities connected the Hindu assemblage and arrest of spiritual person Chinmoy Krishna Das successful the neighbouring country.
The Kolkata Police enactment up 5 barricades to forestall the introduction of protesters into the Embassy bureau astatine Beckbagan successful southbound Kolkata. However, a scuffle broke retired adjacent Beckbagan erstwhile immoderate protestors attempted to interruption done the barricades, but were prevented by a ample constabulary force. A policeman was injured during the clash.
A five-member delegation, which was granted support to participate the Bangladesh Embassy, submitted a memorandum demanding the unconditional merchandise of Chinmoy Das arsenic good arsenic the extortion of spiritual minorities.
Demanding the merchandise of the jailed Chinmoy Krishna Das, a protestation kirtan was held astatine the Albert Road centre of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). “Through the kirtan, we privation to springiness the connection to the minorities successful Bangladesh that we person not forgotten them and they are successful our thoughts,” ISKCON spokesperson Radharamn Das said.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the concern successful the authorities Assembly and said that she had spoken to ISKCON doubly regarding the matter. She emphasized that the contented progressive 2 countries and expressed her enactment for the decisions made by the cardinal government.
Meanwhile, BJP person Dilip Ghosh said, “Bangladesh’s aboriginal volition beryllium similar Afghanistan. The centre is monitoring the concern there. Those who loot the President and PM house, who tin power them. Bangladesh is our neighbour… we commune for peace. We privation that Hindu minorities to beryllium protected there…”
Congress person Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury criticized the soundlessness connected Bangladesh issues, drafting a parallel with the wide condemnation of unit successful Palestine. “Don’t we speech astir Palestine? May the unit successful Bangladesh travel to an extremity and whitethorn determination beryllium bid , Why can’t we conscionable accidental so?” helium said. — WITH PTI