Minorities targeted, bid to rewrite history, take revenge for 1971 events
Among those sent to jail were veteran Awami League leaders and former Cabinet Ministers: Ramesh Chandra Sen, Narayan Chandra, and Sadhan Chandra Majumdar.
Minorities targeted, bid to rewrite history, take revenge for 1971 events
Among those sent to jail were veteran Awami League leaders and former Cabinet Ministers: Ramesh Chandra Sen, Narayan Chandra, and Sadhan Chandra Majumdar..
AS the new dispensation in Dhaka comes under increasing criticism for attacks on minorities in the wake of the regime change, the plight of the 19 minority MPs of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is a telling story.
After the dissolution of Parliament, three of them were sent to jail; most of the others are in hiding, in and outside the country.
Among those sent to jail were veteran Awami League leaders and former Cabinet Ministers: Ramesh Chandra Sen, Narayan Chandra, and Sadhan Chandra Majumdar.
Awami League leaders The Indian Express spoke to say there were around 2,000 incidents of arson, loot and burning involving the minorities (Hindus, Buddhists and Christians) between August 5 and August 20, 2024 and “scattered attacks” were still taking place every day.
