Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim chief Muhammad Yunus on Saturday condemned assaults on the minority communities within the violence-hit nation, terming them as “heinous”, and urged the youth to guard all Hindu, Christian, and Buddhist households from hurt.
Members of minority communities in Bangladesh confronted at the very least 205 incidents of assaults in 52 districts for the reason that fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities on August 5, in response to two Hindu organisations — Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad — within the nation.
1000’s of Bangladeshi Hindus have been attempting to flee to neighbouring India to flee the violence.
Reaching out to college students who’re on the forefront of the protests, Yunus, a Nobel laureate, cautioned them to not let their efforts be sabotaged by these looking for to undermine their progress, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
“There are a lot of standing by to make your efforts futile. Don’t fail this time,” he mentioned whereas addressing the scholars on the Begum Rokeya College in Rangpur metropolis.
Yunus unequivocally condemned the assaults on minority communities within the nation, calling the acts “heinous”.
He urged the scholars to guard all Hindu, Christian, and Buddhist households from hurt.
“Are they not the individuals of this nation? You may have been capable of save the nation; cannot you avoid wasting households?…You should say — nobody can hurt them. They’re my brothers; we fought collectively, and we’ll keep collectively,” he asserted, underscoring the necessity for nationwide unity.
Stressing the significance of youth management, Yunus mentioned, “This Bangladesh, is now in your arms. You may have the ability to take it wherever you need. This is not a matter of analysis — it is a energy inside you.”
He additionally urged the individuals of Bangladesh to emulate the way in which pupil activist Abu Sayed stood valiantly in the course of the anti-government demonstrations that led to the toppling of the Sheikh Hasina authorities.
Sayed, 25, of Rangpur’s Begum Rokeya College, was among the many first protesters to be killed in police firing on July 16 in the course of the Anti-Discrimination Pupil Motion.
Yunus, who was sworn in on Thursday as the top of the interim authorities, met with Sayed’s relations in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila, The Each day Star newspaper reported.
“We now have to face the way in which Abu Sayed stood…Abu Sayeed’s mom is everybody’s mom. We now have to guard her, defend her sisters, defend her brothers. Everybody has to do it collectively,” he informed reporters after assembly Sayed’s household.
Yunus mentioned that the accountability of constructing a brand new Bangladesh is for each Bangladeshi.
“We’ll bear in mind him (Abu Sayed) by this. Subsequently, we should always be certain that we do the work (wanted),” he mentioned.
“Abu Sayed is now not a member of only one household. He’s the kid of all households in Bangladesh. The youngsters who will develop up and attend college and school will find out about Abu Sayed and can say to themselves, ‘I too will combat for justice.’ Abu Sayed is now in each residence,” Yunus mentioned.
In the meantime, 1000’s of Hindu agitators, together with college students, blocked the Shahbagh intersection for the second consecutive day on Saturday, protesting assaults on their houses, outlets, and temples in varied components of the nation, The Each day Star newspaper reported.
They shouted slogans comparable to “Save the Hindus,” “Why are my temples and houses being looted? We would like solutions,” “Hindu persecution in impartial Bangladesh, it won’t proceed,” “Faith is for people, the state is for everybody,” and “Guarantee the protection of Hindus”.
Numerous Hindu temples, households and companies had been vandalised, girls assaulted and at the very least two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League occasion headed by Hasina had been killed within the violence in Bangladesh after she fled the nation, in response to neighborhood leaders in Dhaka.
The protesters warned that if rapid measures usually are not taken to cease the persecution of Hindus, they are going to go for steady protest programmes.
In addition they demanded the formation of a ministry for minorities, the institution of a minority safety fee, the enactment and implementation of strict legal guidelines to forestall all types of assaults on minorities, and the allocation of 10 per cent of parliamentary seats for minorities.
In one other main growth, Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and 5 different high judges on Saturday tendered their resignations, 5 days after the autumn of the Hasina regime amid large road protests and college students marching in direction of the apex courtroom demanding a revamp of the judiciary.
The 65-year-old high choose revealed his resolution round 1 pm after protesters of the Anti-Discrimination Pupil Motion gathered on the apex courtroom premises. The scholars had issued an ultimatum to him and the judges of the Appellate Division to resign by 1 pm
“I really feel it’s essential to share a particular information with you. Our chief justice resigned a couple of minutes again. His resignation letter has already reached the regulation ministry,” regulation adviser, equal to the minister of the newly-installed interim authorities, Prof Asif Nazrul mentioned in a Fb video message.
Appellate Division Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam has been appointed because the appearing chief justice following Hassan’s resignation, Supreme Court docket’s Public Relations Officer Md Shafiqul Islam informed the media.
A number of different high officers, together with Dhaka College Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Maksud Kamal and Bangla Academy Director Normal Professor Dr Md Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari, resigned from their posts within the wake of recent protests by college students and different demonstrators.
