Congress MP Shashi Tharoor voiced concern over the situation in the neighbouring country following the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das amid the current tensions between India and Bangladesh.
He added that a meeting on the situation in Bangladesh has been set by the Committee on External Affairs for December 11. MP Shashi Tharoor is now in charge of the committee.
“…If the government has something to say on behalf of the Foreign Ministry, it would be good if (External Affairs Minister) S Jaishankar comes to Parliament and tells us. We have called a meeting of the External Affairs Committee on 11 December to know the details about Bangladesh. We are concerned about whatever is going on in Bangladesh. All minorities should get democratic rights in their country,” he said.
“But it would not be appropriate to talk too much as this matter does not concern our country,” Shashi Tharoor added.
Many people are incensed about Chinmoy Krishna Das’s arrest and are demanding that he be released right away. A pracharak of the ISKCON branch in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, named Uddhanand Das called the Bangladeshi interim government “anti-Hindu.”
“Our goal is to condemn the anti-Hindu government in Bangladesh… We should unitedly come together and support Hindus,” Das told ANI.
On Thursday, ISKCON expressed solidarity with priest Chinmoy Krishna Das. In a post on X, ISKCON stated, “ISKCON Inc. stands with Chinmoy Krishna Das. Our prayers to Lord Krishna for the protection of all these devotees.”
Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was arrested on charges of sedition for allegedly raising a flag on a stand displaying Bangladesh’s national flag. He was presented before a Chittagong court on 25 November. The court denied his bail plea and sent him to custody.
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