Awami League slams Yunus-led regime of persecuting Hindus, calls it ‘Genocide’

Dhaka: The Awami League on Saturday strongly condemned the ongoing “inhuman persecution” of Hindu community and devastation of their places of worship under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh.

“Attacks on homes of religious minorities, looting, arson, and indiscriminate killings continue unabated — acts that amount to genocide. While these atrocities were previously carried out under the protection of this illegitimate, fascist Yunus regime, it is now the regime itself that is launching attacks on the Hindu community,” read a statement issued by the Awami League party.

Earlier this week, the Durga temple in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area was bulldozed by local authorities as atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh continue to rise at an alarming level following the fall of Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024.

“We have witnessed, for the first time, police and government officials physically participating in the demolition of temples and smashing of idols — claiming these were ‘illegal structures’ on railway land. Yet, the Hindu community has been performing religious rituals on this land for generations. Hundreds of other illegal structures remain on the same land — so why destroy only the Hindu temple? It is clear that this unlawful, fascist regime is deliberately empowering militant, ultra-communal ideologies, and turning Hindus and other minorities into stateless people within their own country,” the statement added.

The Awami League revealed a disturbing trend where members of the Hindu community are being falsely framed to justify their persecution.

“Under fabricated charges of ‘blasphemy’, communal attacks are being launched. Recently in Lalmonirhat, a 69-year-old man, Paresh Chandra Shil, was physically assaulted under such a pretext. When his son stepped forward to save him, he too was not spared,” the party mentioned. (IANS)

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