Govt continues efforts to ensure security of religious minorities

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said his interim government has been continuing its all-out efforts to ensure security of all citizens of the country including religious minorities.

“We have tried our best so that any citizen of the country, not only Hindu community members, doesn’t become victim of any kind of violence. We will continue these efforts,” he said in a televised address to the nation this evening on the completion of 100 days of the interim government.

Prof Yunus said his government is investigating every incident in few cases where religious minorities were subjected to violence.

Noting that when the interim government assumed office, Bangladesh was a completely insecure country, Prof Yunus said the fascist forces had threatened that millions would die in the country if they left power.

Despite the complete inactivity of the police administration for seven consecutive days, large-scale violence could be avoided, he said.

He said an attempt was made to spread unnecessary fear among the religious minorities.

“In some cases they have also been subjected to violence. But all the hype about it was completely exaggerated. Those little cases of violence took place were mainly political,” he said.

But ill efforts were made to make the country unstable again by giving religious colour to these events, said the Chief Adviser adding that the government dealt the situation firmly with the cooperation of all.

He said after two months of assumption of office by the interim government, Durga Puja was celebrated in around 32,000 puja mandaps across the country.

The Chief Adviser said the government in an executive order declared an additional day of holiday marking the Durga Puja which increased festivity manifold.

He said the government took extensive security preparations marking the Durga Puja so that the Hindu community members celebrated the festival smoothly.

Source: BSS