ulsi Gabbard condemns genocide of Hindus in Bangladesh by Pakistani Army in 1971.
Seema Johnson | HENB | Washington | April 2, 2021:: Former US Democrat Congresswoman from
Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard has spoken out in favor of the persecuted Hindu minorities of Bangladesh.
She has also condemned the genocide of Bengali Hindus by the Pakistani Army and called upon
the world to work against Islamist extremism. The attack of Razakars and Pakistani Army started
on 25th March 1971 that lasted for 10 months thereafter causing a merciless and brutal death of
lakhs of Hindus.
“As a member of Congress, I introduced a resolution that called for the protection of Hindus and
religious minorities in Bangladesh. People who continue to be targeted and persecuted to this
day. The height of this persecution actually began 50 years ago, when the Pakistani army
systematically murdered, raped and drove from their homes, millions of Bengali Hindus because
of their religion and ethnicity,” Tulsi Gabbard said in the video.
She continued, “March 25th, 1971 was the beginning of a systematic targeting of Hindus in
Bangladesh by the Pakistani military. It began in Hindu neighborhoods and villages, first at
Jagannath Hall, which was a Hindu dormitory in Dhaka University, where five to ten thousand
people were killed on that first night alone. This genocidal campaign continued for 10 months,
resulting in two to three million people killed. Hundreds of thousands of women and girls raped
and more than 10 million forced to flee their homes.”
Tulsi Gabbard also recalled US Senator Ted Kennedy who observed the genocidal campaign
against Hindus. She also said that the “Islamist persecution of Hindus and other religious
minorities in Bangladesh did not end with Bangladesh’s independence”. She mentioned
the recent attacks against Hindu Temples in Bangladesh in the wake of Prime Minister Modi’s
recent visit to the country.
Gabbard, a practicing Hindu, also urged the USA to commit to defeating the Islamist ideology.
Hindu Genocide of Bangladesh condemned by former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard
