Protests took place in Canada over the continuous attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. People of the Hindu community in Canada protested outside the Bangladesh Consulate in Toronto. People are also taking out rallies in many states of the country including Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi, Mumbai, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka against the attacks.
At the same time, a Canadian belonging to a Hindu community protesting in Canada says, 'We united Canadian Hindus have gathered here to protest in front of the Bangladesh Consulate in Toronto. We are protesting because we have seen what is happening in Bangladesh since August 3, 2024. We want Bangladesh to stop killing minorities, Hindus.'
'We want peace in Bangladesh'
The protesters further said, 'We have disappeared from Afghanistan and we have disappeared from Pakistan, if we do not survive now, we will disappear from Bangladesh too.' We want peace in Bangladesh.
Sloganeering outside Bangladesh High Commission
A big demonstration is also taking place in Delhi. There is tremendous sloganeering outside the Bangladesh High Commission. Thousands of protesters have reached here. They have placards in their hands on which different slogans are written. The protesters also rejected the claims of officials of the interim government in Bangladesh that targeting minorities was an internal matter.
'Attacks on minorities must stop'
Former Indian ambassador to Bangladesh Veena Sikri said, "This is a very serious attack, a very sustained attack on the lives of (Hindu) minorities." Attacks on homes and businesses of minorities in Bangladesh must stop.
Sheikh Hasina surrounded Mohammad Yunus
Apart from this, former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has targeted the head of the interim government of the country, Mohammad Yunus. Hasina, while participating in an online program of her party Awami League, said that Mohammad Yunus has thrown Bangladesh into anarchy. She said that because of Yunus, mass murders are taking place in Bangladesh and Hindus are being targeted, he is the mastermind of all this.
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