Different political parties, student bodies and lawyer organisations protested at the attack on the Bangladesh assistant high commission in India鈥檚 Agartala for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in the country.
The attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala was launched by a group of Indian protesters on Monday afternoon, pressing for the release of Hindu community leader in Bangladesh Chinmoy Krishna Das, now in jail in a sedition case.
Addressing a pre-procession rally organised by Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Front in front of the National Press Club on Wednesday, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvy urged people from all walks of life for a coordinated movement breaking the 鈥榮lavery of Delhi鈥�.
鈥業ndia could not accept the fall of Sheikh Hasina. India is opposing the mass uprising at a time when concerned citizens across the globe could not hold their tears after seeing the sacrifices of thousand people, including Aby Sayeed, Mugdho during the July uprising,鈥� said Rizvy.
He said that the country achieved independence no to be a slave of India. He also slammed the Indian media outlets for spreading false propagandas about Bangladesh.
Accusing the West Bengal鈥檚 chief minister Mamata Banerjee of harbouring deep-seated Hindu nationalist views, Rizvy said, 鈥楢lthough Mamata publicly advocates for secularism, she cherishes extremist Hindu nationalist beliefs. She has allied herself with the communal BJP government. This alignment undermines her professed secular values.鈥�
Leaders of Left Democratic Alliance on Wednesday at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club demanded punishments of attackers on Bangladesh mission in Agartala.
Coordinator of the alliance Masud Rana, also coordinator of Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist), chaired the rally. He condemned the attack and demanded punishment for the attackers.
Communist Party of Bangladesh general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince, SPB general secretary Bazlur Rashid Firoz, Revolutionary Communist League central leader Abdus Satter, Democratic Revolutionary Party general secretary Mushrefa Mishu and others spoke at the rally.
The rally was followed by a procession that paraded different city roads.
鈥楢nti-Discrimination Students and People鈥� on Wednesday evening held a protest rally and brought out a procession condemning the terrorist attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala, 抖阴精品 correspondent in DU reported.聽
They also demanded the arrest and trial of the attackers, and protested against the arrogant remarks of Indian political leaders regarding Bangladesh.
Addressing the rally at the base of the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus, former student leader Abu Hanif, one of the organisers of the platform, said that according to the Vienna Convention, it is not permissible to attack an embassy.
鈥楾he attack on the Bangladesh assistant high commission is a threat to our sovereignty,鈥� he added.
Inqilab Mancha, a platform of students from different universities, on Wednesday announced to hold a protest rally and submit a memorandum to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka condemning the attack on Bangladesh mission in Agartala.
They blamed the persecution of minorities in India and said that a conspiracy was being hatched to take over Ajmer Sharif.
Addressing a press conference on the DU campus, Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Bin Hadi said that they would gather at Gulshan-2 Circle at 3:30pm on Friday and they would bring out a procession towards the Indian high commission for submitting a memorandum.
Students and people in Feni staged a demonstration at the Liberation War Monument near Bilonia Land Port area protesting at the attack and provocative speeches by Indians, reported 抖阴精品 Correspondent in Feni.
Protesters condemned the provocative speeches made by the leaders of the 鈥楽anatani Hindu Samaj鈥� during an event held in Bilonia Land Port area in India using loud speakers and the burning an effigy of Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Omar Faruk Shuvo, a coordinator of the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination, said that Indian aggression would not be tolerated anyway and the Indian government must to offer apology for those incidents.
Lawyers and rights activists from Progressive Lawyers Council Feni and International Human Rights Commission Feni district unit also held separate protest rallies in Feni district court area condemning the attack.聽聽
Ganosamhati Andolan chief coordinator Zonayed Saki and executive coordinator Abul Hassan Rubel in a joint statement on Wednesday said that India failed to ensure diplomatic security according to international treaty the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.
Cultural organisation Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi in a statement on the day condemned the attack and urged all the people to remain vigilant regarding the conspiracy to destroy communal harmony.
Amid the growing tension, the Border Guard Bangladesh claimed that it was prepared and alert to prevent any unwanted situations along the borders.
The Bangladesh government, meanwhile, has tightened security around the Indian high commission in Dhaka and its other missions in other places, including Chattogram and Rajshahi amid protests.