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Shillong: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Home (Police) Prestone Tynsong has painted a grim picture of the unfolding crisis in neighbouring Bangladesh, warning that an alarming number of its citizens no longer wish to remain in their own country as desperation grips the nation. Speaking on the fallout of Bangladesh’s August 2024 political transition, which has coincided with a surge in Islamic fundamentalism and extremist sentiment, Tynsong said, “It seems there is a lot of confusion among the citizens of Bangladesh. Sometimes I feel pity because I can see they have reached a stage of desperation where it seems they no longer want to stay in their own country. It appears they just want to leave their country and go anywhere for survival.” The Deputy CM, while denying having any specific intelligence on the rise of fundamentalism in Bangladesh, reiterated the unprecedented uncertainty gripping the country. “Well, that I really don’t know much about,” he said. “For this question, I think the government of Bangladesh knows better than anybody else why and how these kinds of things happen,” he added. The recent regime change in Bangladesh has been accompanied by a marked rise in Islamist extremism, sparking fears over the erosion of women’s rights, the marginalisation of religious minorities, and an increasingly polarised political landscape.
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