Parliamentary proceedings | Urge U.N. to dispatch peacekeeping forces to Bangladesh: TMC to govt

TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay speaks within the Lok Sabha throughout the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 3, 2024
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Expressing concern over concentrating on of non secular minorities in Bangladesh, the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday (December 3, 2024) urged the central authorities to ask the United Nations to instantly dispatch peacekeeping forces to the neighbouring nation.

TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay raised the problem throughout the Zero Hour within the Lok Sabha. He stated minorities, together with Hindus, are being tortured and killed in Bangladesh and urged the Centre to attraction to the UN to instantly ship peacekeeping forces to the nation.

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Being a right away neighbour of Bangladesh, West Bengal is straight affected by the happenings there. Prior to now too, there had been an inflow of refugees, he stated.

Mr. Bandyopadhyay stated the federal government has to date maintained silence on the problem and requested Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to apprise the Home of the most recent developments within the matter.

Reportedly, there have been greater than 200 assaults on Hindus in 50 districts of Bangladesh for the reason that fall of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League authorities on August 5.

Hindus represent about 8% of Bangladesh’s inhabitants of 170 million.