Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Dec 9: The protests against the attacks on minorities are continuing in different parts of J&K. Today people from different faiths held a rally in Samba district to protest the attacks on Hindus and their temples in Bangladesh and called on the Centre to intervene.
Carrying the Tricolour, religious flags and placards, members of Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities and MLA Surjeet Singh Slathia took part in the rally.
They urged the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi-led Government to ensure the safety of Hindus, a minority in Bangladesh.
“The civil society took out a protest rally against violent attacks on Hindus and their temples. People from various communities, including Hindu, Sikh and Jain, participated in the protest against Bangladesh for what is happening there,” said a protester Suraj Singh.
He said the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh are increasing day by day while the world remains a mute spectator.
“We cannot tolerate such mayhem against the community there. The Prime Minister and the Government of India should intervene further and ensure it is brought to an end,” he added.
Another protester, Bansi Lal, said the world should take cognisance of the grave human rights violations taking place in Bangladesh.
“The world must intervene. Human rights organisations should come forward to put an end to the violence against Hindus,” he said.
There have been a spate of incidents of violence against Hindus and other minorities as well as attacks on temples in Bangladesh in the last few weeks that triggered strong concerns in New Delhi.
The protests were also held in Kathua and Ramban districts by the activists of various Hindu, Sikh and Jain bodies which were joined by Sadhus also and they demanded that the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh and their religious places should immediately stop. They said the Bangladesh Government should act firmly and appealed the comity of nations to act in case the Bangladesh Government failed to stop such attacks and provide security to Hindu minorities.
Meanwhile, Hindu minorities in Kashmir also held a protest against the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. The protestors in luce minority groups from Valley including Hindu, Sikhs and Christians besides others staged a protest at Srinagar calling for an end to the violence against minorities in Bangladesh.
The protestors gathered outside Raj Bhawan raising slogans and holding banners that read “Save Bangladesh minorities and stop gruesome killings, save Hindus in Bangladesh, we strongly condemn the killing of minorities in Bangladesh etc”.
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