After the remarks made about the Prophet in India, Muslims are protesting not only in the country but also abroad. On Friday, Islamic people demonstrated at the National Mosque in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, posing a challenge against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who she faces next year in 2023. Demonstrations started across the country after two former BJP leaders had made remarks about the Prophet during a TV debate. The phones of politicians started ringing in many police stations across the country.
The protesters also threatened to assault personalities associated with the ruling Awami League. If sources are to be believed, these developments are seen creating a crisis on the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India later this year. Hundreds of people gathered after Friday prayers of the main Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka city and on seeing this crowd took to the streets and shouting slogans against Indian PM Modi, announced the gherao of the Indian embassy on June 16. is of.
Protest fire reached Bangladesh, hundreds of people took to the streets
According to the English news website ‘The Hindu’, Khandkar Ghulam Maula Naqshbandi, a prominent leader of the Awami League, said, “I had gone to offer prayers at Baitul Mokarram. There the aggressive mob harassed me and I was forced to offer prayers in a separate enclosure. There is increasing pressure on Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to take a clear stand on the matter. Presently the budget session is going on in our Parliament and a statement of the PM in Parliament can calm the sentiments of the public.
Sheikh Hasina visited India in the year 2019
Let us tell you that in November 2019, PM Hasina had come to India to watch a cricket match at the Eden Gardens. Prior to that he had participated in the World Economic Forum held in Delhi and met PM Modi in the first week of October. Hasina’s visits to India have been done as a friendship tour. This is because the Government of India on 5 August 2019 abolished the special status for Kashmir and made Article 370 ineffective. This move of India was also criticized by Pakistan and China.
Indian Foreign Minister visited Dhaka in April
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar had visited Dhaka in April and diplomatic sources had informed at the time that Ms Hasina would visit India in July, however, following Friday’s incident, it is expected that Dhaka would be an alternative option for PM Sheikh Hasina’s visit. Looking at the dates.
Both countries were affected by internal political activities
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy of ‘neighbourhood first’ has always been in the case of Bangladesh with regard to high level visits since the year 2019. Top level visits from both sides were influenced by developments “internal” in India. In March, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to attend the centenary celebrations of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The preparations for the mega event in Dhaka coincided with the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the Indian Parliament on December 10, 2019. The act aims to provide Indian citizenship to members of the oppressed minority communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Bangladesh showed some discomfort due to CAA and during the COVID period, PM Hasina canceled her Indian tour due to COVID after getting information about the epidemic from her intelligence team.
After PM Modi’s visit, it’s Sheikh Hasina’s turn
After PM Modi’s rescheduled visit to Dhaka for the Mujib Centenary event in March 2021, it is PM Hasina’s turn to visit India. Sources here say they are yet to find any “signs” of the visit. An official indicated, “She may combine her visit to India with a visit to the United States in September, when she will attend the UN General Assembly in New York. Or she can tour India after that.” The official has also indicated that PM Hasina should schedule the visit only after the uproar in India after her comments on the Prophet.