Kolkata: People from the opposite of the Indo-Bangla border have condemned allcent attacks on the temples and PANDAL DURGA PUJA in Bangladesh.
The filmmaker of Srijit Mukjaji, who married Bangladesh’s actress construction worker, Rafiath Rashid Mithila last year, “very, very” cursed in a tweet what he called “savage attack” on October 14.
A day later, filmmaker Bangladesh Sarwar Farooki for social media underlined the misuse of communal fanaticism that manifests in nicknames and tarnish religious sites and how this is a problem that develops throughout the world.
Actor Bangladesh Azmeri Haque Badhon, who shot in Delhi for ‘Khufiya’ Vishal Bhardwaj, told Toi: “I am very angry and highly protest the attack.
I want the beliefs, safety, freedom and the right of every citizen of this citizen to be ascertained.” Actor director Parambrata Chattopadhyay condemned recurrent events in Bangladesh.
“Protest needs are because minorities everywhere need to be protected, both in India or in Bangladesh or in anywhere in the world.” On Monday, Kolkata presented Kaleidoscope protests from members of civil society to political activists.
Pabitra Sarkar, Md Salim, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Debshankar Halder, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Kalameswar Mukhopadhyay, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Chandan Sen, Sujoyprasad Chattopadhyay, Kaushik Sen, Riddhi Sen, Shantilal Mukhopadhyay, Antara Devsen, Ritwik Chakraborty, Padmanabha Dasgupta and Indraadip Dasgupta signed the Appeal to the Bangladesh government, urging an example sentence for the perpetrator.
Jamaat-e-islami Hind, Mukti Bandi Committee and the Bhasha Chetana Committee held a demonstration in front of the Academy of Fine Arts here.
All India Nabachetana wrote a letter to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina protested violence.
Secretary General Faruque Ahmed said: “More than 50 intellectuals such as Abul Bashar and Miratun Nahar are the signatory to the letter we sent.” Almost a dozen organizations, including a good human foundation, Bangla Sanskriti Mancha and Sohomon, will hold candle protests in the city on Thursday.
Nakhouse Masjid Imam Maulana Shafique Qasmi said: “Everyone is free to practice His religion.
I condemn this vile attack and appeal to the authorities to ensure that peace and harmony are brought back, and strict actions are taken against the perpetrators.” United Interfaith Foundation- India, a platform headquartered in the city where religious and spiritual leaders of all religions came together to help spread the causes of communal harmony, expressing deep sadness on incidents in Bangladesh.
“I pray for the souls who have died and attractive to the government of the two countries to resolve the crisis,” said Secretary General of Satnam Singh Ahluwalia.
Condemning the attack, Minister of Trinamool Bratya Basu said that the government in all countries had the responsibility to protect minorities.
Bengal BJP on Monday held protests throughout the state.
“Social institutions such as ISKCON and Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Ramakrishna’s mission that works for world peace has been attacked.
We protested our cruelty,” said Debasree Chowdhury BJP, who led the rally at Park’s goal here.
Suvendu opposition leader Adhikari offers prayers at Dhakeswari Temple in Sovabazar.
Then, BJP parliamentarians led by Adhikari visited the Deputy High Commission Bangladesh here to “convey our sentiment to PM Hasina”.
(With input from Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey)
Bengal literati protested violence on the border
