No religious, political discrimination will take place in Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus
The public will have to decide when to let the interim government go, Yunus said in reference to elections in the country.
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There will be no discrimination against any Bangladeshi on the basis of their religion or political beliefs, Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s interim government, said on Sunday, The Hindu reported.
“We will not discriminate against anyone for following a different religion or for having a different political opinion,” Yunus in a televised address to the nation ahead of the Hindu festival Krishna Janmashtami. “We want to include all members of the country into one family.”
The festival is a national holiday in Bangladesh.
Religious minorities, tribes and other marginalised communities are equal citizens of the “new Bangladesh” and they will have equal rights, Yunus said.
Yunus took over as the chief advisor to the interim government in Dhaka on August 8 after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and landed in India on August 5.
The Awami League leader fled the country after the student-led protests against a controversial quota scheme for government jobs, which started in July, snowballed into a broader agitation against her government.
Amid this crisis, there were reports of violence against Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh.
On August 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Yunus to ensure “the safety and protection of Hindus and all other minority communities”. India’s external affairs ministry had also said that the Delhi is monitoring the situation in Bangladesh.
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