Jaishankar on assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh: ‘Accountability for defense…’ | Newest Information India

Jaishankar made the assertion in response to a query within the Lok Sabha about violence in opposition to minorities, together with Hindus, in Bangladesh.

The exterior affairs minister stated that the federal government has seen a number of stories of incidents of violence in opposition to Hindus and different minorities since August 2024, when Sheikh Hasina was pressured to flee Bangladesh.

He added that stories of assaults on temples and puja mandaps additionally emerged throughout the latest Durga Puja pageant in Bangladesh.

“Authorities have taken a severe be aware of those incidents and shared its considerations with the Authorities of Bangladesh,” Jaishankar stated in his reply.

Jaishankar additionally stated that the Excessive Fee of India in Dhaka continues to observe the scenario associated to the minorities in Bangladesh carefully.

“The first duty for the safety of life and liberty of all residents of Bangladesh, together with minorities, rests with the Authorities of Bangladesh,” he identified.

ISKCON priest’s arrest

The response by the exterior affairs minister comes amid protests and unrest in Bangladesh over the arrest of former priest of the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bangladesh, Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, on sedition expenses. Das is accused of hoisting a saffron flag above the Bangladesh nationwide flag throughout a rally in October.

A number of political leaders in India, together with these within the opposition, have voiced concern over the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das and issued an attraction to the Narendra Modi-led central authorities to intervene within the matter.

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has additionally backed the arrested Hindu monk, Chinmoy Krishna Das, saying he was “unjustly arrested” and should instantly be launched. Hasina has additionally known as upon the Bangladesh authorities to guard spiritual and ethnic minorities which have braved violence since her ouster from energy in August.