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The Left and the Congress , besides the liberal Bengali
intelligensia, has backed the Shahbagh movement.
"I pray for the success of the Shahbagh movement," said CPI(M)'s former minister Anisur Rehman.
"The Shahbagh movement will change the future of Bangladesh for the better," said Congress MP Deepa Das Munshi, whose husband and former Indian minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi played a major role during the 1971 Liberation War.
But some minority groups here have other ideas.
The All Bengal Minority Youth Federation has come out strongly against the war crimes trials and have even gone to the extent of asking Indian president Pranab Mukherjee to cancel his trip to Bangladesh.
“Sheikh Hasina’s government is destroying democracy in Bangladesh. The Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are falsely implicated in the war crimes. This is nothing but vendetta,” said the Federation’s general secretary Mohammed Qamruzzaman.
He said in the statement that his federation will organize a protest rally in Kolkata on March 26 to raise awareness about “police atrocities in Bangladesh”.
March 26 is observed as Independence Day in Bangladesh to mark the beginning of the Liberation War on a day the Pakistan army started the genocide through its infamous “Operation Searchlight”.
Shahbagh’s ‘Ganjagaran Mancha’ has also asked the Bangladesh government to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami by March 26.
The All Bengal Minority Youth Federation , along with few other similar groups, have submitted a memorandum to Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in Kolkata, Ms Abida Islam , asking Bangladesh government to stop the persecution of the Opposition, specially the Jamaat-e-Islami.
The memorandum described the war crimes trials as a “farce”.
Meanwhile, Indian intelligence has alerted West Bengal and Assam state governments about the possible influx of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists in view of the crackdown on the Islamist party in Bangladesh.
A senior Intelligence Bureau official told bdnews24.com on condition of anonymity that some Jamaat leaders and activists who have been booked for involvement in violence may try to flee into West Bengal and Assam.
“In both these states, the Jamaat enjoys some support from a section of the minority radical groups, who may shelter their leaders and activists,” the officials said.
They said Delhi is worried because there are indications that the Jamaat may try to foment religious tensions in border districts of both countries in a “systematic way” to adversely impact on fast-improving India-Bangladesh relations.
“They have started playing the religious card in Bangladesh by attacking Hindus and their places of worship. They may provoke their supporters to do the same to unsettle the border,” he said.
Another senior official of the Indian Home Ministry said that there was a possibility that Islamic radical groups who get support from Pakistan may enter the scene to desstabilise the India-Bangladesh border in a planned way.
“We saw how the border was unsettled in the rundown to the 2001 elections in Bangladesh and we all know what was the result. That may happen again,” the Home Ministry official said.
"I pray for the success of the Shahbagh movement," said CPI(M)'s former minister Anisur Rehman.
"The Shahbagh movement will change the future of Bangladesh for the better," said Congress MP Deepa Das Munshi, whose husband and former Indian minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi played a major role during the 1971 Liberation War.
But some minority groups here have other ideas.
The All Bengal Minority Youth Federation has come out strongly against the war crimes trials and have even gone to the extent of asking Indian president Pranab Mukherjee to cancel his trip to Bangladesh.
“Sheikh Hasina’s government is destroying democracy in Bangladesh. The Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are falsely implicated in the war crimes. This is nothing but vendetta,” said the Federation’s general secretary Mohammed Qamruzzaman.
He said in the statement that his federation will organize a protest rally in Kolkata on March 26 to raise awareness about “police atrocities in Bangladesh”.
March 26 is observed as Independence Day in Bangladesh to mark the beginning of the Liberation War on a day the Pakistan army started the genocide through its infamous “Operation Searchlight”.
Shahbagh’s ‘Ganjagaran Mancha’ has also asked the Bangladesh government to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami by March 26.
The All Bengal Minority Youth Federation , along with few other similar groups, have submitted a memorandum to Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in Kolkata, Ms Abida Islam , asking Bangladesh government to stop the persecution of the Opposition, specially the Jamaat-e-Islami.
The memorandum described the war crimes trials as a “farce”.
Meanwhile, Indian intelligence has alerted West Bengal and Assam state governments about the possible influx of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists in view of the crackdown on the Islamist party in Bangladesh.
A senior Intelligence Bureau official told bdnews24.com on condition of anonymity that some Jamaat leaders and activists who have been booked for involvement in violence may try to flee into West Bengal and Assam.
“In both these states, the Jamaat enjoys some support from a section of the minority radical groups, who may shelter their leaders and activists,” the officials said.
They said Delhi is worried because there are indications that the Jamaat may try to foment religious tensions in border districts of both countries in a “systematic way” to adversely impact on fast-improving India-Bangladesh relations.
“They have started playing the religious card in Bangladesh by attacking Hindus and their places of worship. They may provoke their supporters to do the same to unsettle the border,” he said.
Another senior official of the Indian Home Ministry said that there was a possibility that Islamic radical groups who get support from Pakistan may enter the scene to desstabilise the India-Bangladesh border in a planned way.
“We saw how the border was unsettled in the rundown to the 2001 elections in Bangladesh and we all know what was the result. That may happen again,” the Home Ministry official said.
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