Mamata Banerjee calls for UN peacekeeping force in Bangladesh amid anti-Hindu violence
The West Bengal chief minister’s demand came after the arrests of at least three Hindu monks in the neighbouring country in the past week.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called for a United Nations’ peacekeeping force to be deployed in Bangladesh amid a surge in violence against Hindus and other religious minority groups in the country, reported NDTV.
The Trinamool Congress leader also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s direct intervention to ensure the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh, where three Hindu monks were arrested on charges of sedition in the past week.
The Bangladesh police first arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das on November 25 for allegedly disrespecting Bangladesh’s national flag during a rally on October 25 in Chittagong. This was followed by the arrest of two other monks on Friday after they delivered medicines to Das in prison.
Bangladesh has been witnessing violence since August, when a student-led protest forced the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League government, following which an interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was instated.
“We have families, properties and loved ones in Bangladesh,” Banerjee told the West Bengal Assembly on Monday. “We accept whatever stance the Government of India takes on this…but we condemn atrocities on religious grounds anywhere in the world and appeal to the Union government, and the prime minister, to intervene.”
“If Indians are attacked in Bangladesh, then we cannot...
