Bangladeshi fundamentalists are demanding a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) with a new video emerging on social media where radicals could be seen threatening to kill devotees.
“They want to purify Bangladesh by removing every Hindu from their land,” sources told News18.
Several Bangladeshi Muslim organisations have been urging the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government to ban ISKCON.
“Two months ago, when the country was hit by floods, ISKCON had offered free food to them, without any religious motive or discrimination,” sources told the Indian news channel.
“We have learnt from reliable sources that Bangladesh is totally taken over by Jamaat-e-Islami. All Jamaat leaders, who have been released recently, are fighting for their constituency. In that fight, they are not allowing the government to function normally and are instigating people to act against Hindus, so that the situation flares up. Small issues are being blown out of proportion,” top government sources told News 18.
Bangladesh has been witnessing a spike in attacks on Hindu temples, houses and business establishments ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government was toppled on August 5 amid massive protests against her administration.
According to reports, Bangladeshi police had even levelled ISKCON a ‘terrorist organisation’.
“They had said at the press conference that ISKCON members chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’ which is an act of terror,” sources told News18 quoting Bangladeshi police’s remark against the Hindu body made during a recent press conference.
Following the ouster of Hasina, Muhammad Yunus took charge of the interim government in the nation.
His interim government will remain in power until a new PM is elected in Bangladesh.
In October, India had condemned the attack on Hindu temples in Bangladesh.
“We have noted with serious concern the attack on a Puja mandap in Tantibazar, Dhaka and the theft at the revered Jeshoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
“These are deplorable events. They follow a systematic pattern of desecration and damage to temples and deities that we have witnessed over several days now,” the Ministry said.
