Protest of Hindu community in front of UN Bangladesh Mission

BANGLAPRESS DESK, OCTOBER 21, 2021

Staff Reporter: After receiving the Qur’an in a puja mandap in
Comilla, the expatriate Hindu community has staged a protest in
front of the Bangladesh Mission to the United Nation and Consulate
in New York at the initiative of the Bangladesh Sanatani Sangsad in
protest of the attack on temples and puja mandaps in different parts
of the country including Dhaka, Comilla, Feni, Kishoreganj.
Hundreds of members of various organizations of the expatriate
Hindu community gathered at the protest rally on Monday (October
18) local time. They also handed over memorandum to Bangladesh
Mission officials demanding an immediate end to Hindu torture and
police harassment in the country.
Puja Celebration Parishad, Om Shakti Mandir, Matua Harinam
Mandir, Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Parishad, Gaur-Nitai
Mandir, Sarvajanin Puja Utjapan Parishad and Mahamaya Mandir
took part in the gathering. Speakers at the meeting said that irrespective of caste, creed and
creed, we have to stand up against the miscreants with the spirit of liberation war. Bangladesh’s status
in the world has been tarnished, a statement has also come from the United Nations to protect the
minorities. We never wanted such a Bangladesh. Nabendu Dutta, Shitangshu Guha, Bhajan Sarkar,
Shyamal Dhar, Ashish Bhowmik and Prabir Roy addressed the
meeting./ BP/SM