India-Bangladesh relations sour as tensions rise over attacks on Hindu minority | Bangladesh
India-Bangladesh relations sour as tensions rise over attacks on Hindu minority | Bangladesh
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Bu içerikte, Hindistan ve Bangladeş arasındaki artan gerilimler ve Bangladeş’teki Hindu azınlığa yönelik saldırı iddiaları konu ediliyor. Bu saldırılar, büyük protestolara ve Hindistan’daki Bangladeş konsolosluğuna yönelik saldırılara neden olmuş durumda. İki ülke arasındaki ilişkiler, Bangladeş’teki otoriter başbakan Şeyh Hasina’nın Ağustos ayında devrilmesinden bu yana bozulmuş durumda. Hindistan’ın, Hasina’nın iktidarında yaşanan zorbalık ve yolsuzluklara rağmen uzun yıllar destek vermesi ve Hasina’nın kaçışı sonrasında Hindistan’a sığınmasıyla ilişkilerin zedelendiği belirtiliyor. Bu durum, Hindistan’ın bölgedeki tehditlerle başa çıkmak için Bangladeş’e olan stratejik desteğini kaybetmesine neden olmuş durumda. Bu içerikte, Hindistan’ın Bangladeş’teki Hindu azınlığa yönelik iddiaları abartarak Bangladeş’teki geçici hükümeti destabilize etmeye çalıştığı ve bu durumun gerilimi artırdığı da belirtiliyor.
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Growing tensions between India and Bangladesh have erupted amid accusations of attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, which have prompted mass protests and assault on a Bangladeshi consulate in India.
Hasina had enjoyed years of backing by Delhi, even as her regime turned to force and mass corruption to remain in power. When she fled the country in August, faced with tens of thousands of protesters marching towards her residence, Hasina crossed the border to India, where she has remained since. She charges of crimes against humanity, mass murder and systematic torture in Bangladesh.
The collapse of Hasina’s government was widely regarded as a diplomatic disaster for India, which faces threats along its borders from Pakistan and China. Bangladesh was India’s closest regional ally and the Delhi government had used its considerable sway over Hasina to orchestrate economically and strategically beneficial deals.
Since she fled, India has been accused of attempting to undermine the caretaker government, led by the Nobel prize-winning economist Mohammad Yunus, who is seen as far less amenable to India’s demands and has called for a “reset” of relations.
One of the main flashpoints has been allegations of widespread attacks on the Hindu minority in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country – claims Bangladesh says have been exaggerated by the Indian government for political means.
“They have spread these rumours in particular countries and among influential players,” Yunus told a gathering of Bangladeshi political parties on Wednesday.
“They are undermining our efforts to build a new Bangladesh and are spreading fictitious stories.”
Tensions were further heightened after the arrest of a Hindu monk who had recently been expelled from International Society of Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON or the Hare Krishnas.
Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested for sedition over allegations he had disrespected the Bangladeshi flag. Protests by his supporters turned violent after he was denied bail, and a Muslim prosecutor was hacked to death. Hindu groups alleged this had led to a campaign of violence and intimidation in minority neighbourhoods and an attack on Das’s defence lawyer who was hospitalised. This week, Das’s bail hearing was postponed after no lawyer turned up to represent him.
Mass protests have erupted in India in response, with thousands of Hindu monks marching to the Bangladesh border in West Bengal. On Monday a Bangladeshi consulate in the Indian state of Tripura was attacked by protesters. The Indian government termed the attack “deeply regrettable” and increased security at all Bangladeshi diplomatic missions in the country. Dhaka summoned the Indian envoy in response to what it described as a “heinous attack”.
The Hindu minority in Bangladesh has historically faced persecution, particularly from more extremist Islamist elements which Hasina largely kept under control.
Yunus has acknowledged attacks took place on Hindus after Hasina’s fall, but said they were politically, not religiously, motivated and denied there was any orchestrated campaign of anti-minority violence. Members of the Hindu community were generally seen to back Hasina’s Awami league party and, in the aftermath of her fall, many were caught up in a wave of political violence against her supporters.
The interim government has accused India of spreading misinformation about anti-Hindu violence to destabilise the caretaker regime, with rightwing Indian media making unsubstantiated claims of a “Hindu bloodbath” over the border.
“Clearly, there is an orchestrated attempt to undermine the interim government led by 2006 Nobel peace laureate professor Muhammad Yunus,” said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the interim leader. “Some Indian media have blindly supported Sheikh Hasina’s corrupt and brutal dictatorship over the last 16 years. They seem to be unhappy that Hasina was ousted from power in a students-led popular mass uprising.”
Alam said they had invited Indian media to the country to “find out the true picture. But it seems they are not interested in covering the story from the ground.”
Analysts in Dhaka said the reports of violence against Hindus were being overblown by India but also blamed the interim government – which is seen by many as inexperienced and out of its depth – for mishandling the situation and failing to establish law and order.
India-Bangladesh relations sour as tensions rise over attacks on Hindu minority | Bangladesh
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