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Rajya Sabha member and editor-in-chief of The Pioneer Chandan Mitra on Thursday said the recent political developments in neighbouring Bangladesh were a cause for concern.
Speaking on the Shahbagh uprising, Mitra drew attention towards a disturbing sign of the Islamist party, Jamaat and the prominent Opposition party, Bangladesh National Party (BNP) being on the same page. He said that the uprising can be termed broadly as an apolitical gathering of youth something Delhiites can associate with in the wake of similar protests in the national Capital fuelled by social media.
Mitra was part of President Pranab Mukherjees delegation to Bangladesh. Bangladeshs political situation is divided into two the relatively secular, Awami League, which is the ruling party, and the Jamaat. However, in the wake of the recent events of the BNP chief Khaleda Zia calling off her scheduled meeting with President Mukherjee and supporting the Jamaats bandh call, there could be a possibility of BNP boycotting the elections, he said.
Others who spoke on the situation in Bangladesh were MP and former Minister of External Affairs Jaswant Singh, former High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri, Rajya Sabha and Parliamentary Consultative Committee member on External Affairs Tarun Vijay and senior journalist Indrani Bagchi.
The fight now is between nationalist and Islamist identity of Bangladesh and if we can arrest the Islamic spread, we can significantly control its penetration in countries such as Thailand, Myannmar and thus stem ****** terrorism, Mitra added.
Offering an optimistic perspective towards the Shahbagh uprising, Jaswant Singh, said, Shahbagh manifests the essential Bengali interest of the youth which is reaching out, not in an impetuous manner, but preserving the Bengali interest. Bangladesh is in the midst of transformation through this movement and we should not prevent it from becoming a revolution.
Terming the marginalisation and acts of violence towards Hindus in Bangladesh as horrendous, Tarun Vijay said, Shahbagh square uprising is a wonderful movement after 1971, which has created a situation wherein secular people of Bangladesh have isolated Jamaat members, who are the agents of Pakistans ISI.
âBangladesh political scenario worryingâ
Speaking on the Shahbagh uprising, Mitra drew attention towards a disturbing sign of the Islamist party, Jamaat and the prominent Opposition party, Bangladesh National Party (BNP) being on the same page. He said that the uprising can be termed broadly as an apolitical gathering of youth something Delhiites can associate with in the wake of similar protests in the national Capital fuelled by social media.
Mitra was part of President Pranab Mukherjees delegation to Bangladesh. Bangladeshs political situation is divided into two the relatively secular, Awami League, which is the ruling party, and the Jamaat. However, in the wake of the recent events of the BNP chief Khaleda Zia calling off her scheduled meeting with President Mukherjee and supporting the Jamaats bandh call, there could be a possibility of BNP boycotting the elections, he said.
Others who spoke on the situation in Bangladesh were MP and former Minister of External Affairs Jaswant Singh, former High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri, Rajya Sabha and Parliamentary Consultative Committee member on External Affairs Tarun Vijay and senior journalist Indrani Bagchi.
The fight now is between nationalist and Islamist identity of Bangladesh and if we can arrest the Islamic spread, we can significantly control its penetration in countries such as Thailand, Myannmar and thus stem ****** terrorism, Mitra added.
Offering an optimistic perspective towards the Shahbagh uprising, Jaswant Singh, said, Shahbagh manifests the essential Bengali interest of the youth which is reaching out, not in an impetuous manner, but preserving the Bengali interest. Bangladesh is in the midst of transformation through this movement and we should not prevent it from becoming a revolution.
Terming the marginalisation and acts of violence towards Hindus in Bangladesh as horrendous, Tarun Vijay said, Shahbagh square uprising is a wonderful movement after 1971, which has created a situation wherein secular people of Bangladesh have isolated Jamaat members, who are the agents of Pakistans ISI.
âBangladesh political scenario worryingâ