AnyTV News Bangladeshis remained silent on attacks on Hindus...and now they are seeking help from India

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Crowd of rioters gathered in Bangladesh.

Dhaka: After the ouster of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, when the rioters were selectively targeting Hindus, when they were raping Hindu sisters and daughters, killing them, committing violence and arson against them, the whole of Bangladesh was silent on this violence against Hindus, but now the same Bangladeshis are seeking help from India. Bangladeshis are unable to function without India. Many political analysts of Bangladesh and experts on foreign relations and security matters have sought help from India.

He said that India should cooperate in the transfer of power in Bangladesh. Bangladeshis appealed to India today and said that India should support the power transfer process taking place in Bangladesh. He said that instead of “focusing on one person and party”, if India moves forward towards building relations with other political parties, then it will benefit. Analysts also believe that the treatment of the minority community in Bangladesh will be an important factor in the relations between the two countries. Humayun Kabir, head of leading think tank ‘Bangladesh Enterprise Institute’ (BEI), said, “I think mutual understanding should be the starting point to redefine our relations, because we are dependent on each other, so we need each other to redefine our relations.

Bangladesh acknowledged that India has been a partner in difficulties

Bangladeshis said that as Bangladesh’s neighbour, India has “always been with us in difficult times and even during the current process of transition, if it supports, the people of Bangladesh will see India as a friend”. Kabir said that India will benefit if it “positively supports” the ongoing power transfer process in Bangladesh. Retired Major General Muniruzzaman, chairman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), said that India should “see the reality of Bangladesh where a people’s revolution has taken place.

Friendship with India is necessary for Bangladesh

Muniruzzaman said bilateral relations should be based on people-to-people relations. “We expect friendship from India that is based on our national interest,” he said. Debapriya Bhattacharya, an economist at Bangladesh’s Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said Bangladesh-India relations were important for both countries from the perspective of peace, security and development. “Bangladesh respected the decision of the Indian people and supported the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government after the Congress lost power and it benefited from it. India should do the same now that the Awami League government has been removed from power through a student-citizen uprising,” Bhattacharya said.

Majority is also minority in other country

Bhattacharya said, “We should also keep in mind that the religious minority community in one country is the majority in the other country (and) therefore the treatment of the minority community in our countries will be an important factor in our relations.” 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on August 8, after Sheikh Hasina (76) resigned as prime minister amid widespread protests against the government, at a time when the country is grappling with violence and chaos. Hasina had to resign after massive protests by students against the reservation system in government jobs and after that she left the country on August 5 and went to India. (Language)