“Centre must address the violation of the 1950 Liaquat-Nehru pact”
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh charged here on Sunday that Hindu minorities were being “forced to flee” Bangladesh and Pakistan following “persecution,” and sought the Centre’s intervention to end their distress.
“The plight of women in India and the influx of Muslims” were two other serious issues that called for the government’s intervention, said RSS Sarkayawah (general secretary) Suresh Joshi.
He was addressing journalists on the final day of the Sangh’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) meet here.The ABPS is the RSS’ highest decision-making body and the Sangh’s top office-bearers attended the three-day meet at Jamdoli, near here.
“The ABPS condemns the recent attacks on Hindus, including Buddhists, in Bangladesh by fundamentalist groups like the anti-Hindu and anti-Bharat Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,” Mr. Joshi said.
“It is the responsibility of the Government of India to take up with Pakistan and Bangladesh the issue of violation of the Liaquat-Nehru 1950 pact, which expressly states that minorities on both sides would be accorded full protection and citizenship rights.”
He said the disappearance of millions of Hindus could not be brushed aside simply by “invoking the sovereignty principle.”
Keywords: Pakistan Hindus issues, Bangladesh minority freedom, RSS, Liaquat-Nehru 1950 pact, attack on Hindus, anti-Hindus violence
Between 1961 and 1991 Hindu population in Bangladesh reduced by 8%.
Present 8.5% Hindu population may be wiped out in no time if the Indian
government does not wake up from deep slumber.Bangladesh officially
continue to declare 'Missing Population' in their census. Action from
India will check migration and put less pressure on India's resources as
well as improve conditions of the minorities there.
Hindus of Bangladesh are fleeing from '47. Hindus who live there are
always worried. They all know someday they have to migrate to India. If
India wants to stop that then India think for a permanent solution like
annexing a part of Bangladesh and settle the Hindus there. Bangladeshi
Hindus will gladly accept such a solution. Partition was done on
religious like but the population transfer was not done. Hindus are
vanishing from Bangladesh and is on the last phase. This is unjust.
Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh is going on since so many years. What was RSS doing all these years?
As India is a secular country, it should take up the matter not just for Hindus, but for all non-muslims who are harassed and persecuted.
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