Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has urged Bangladesh’s interim government to take urgent steps to restore law and order in the interest of all Bangladeshis of every faith, as he termed as “disgraceful” the attacks on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu homes there.
In a tweet on X , Tharoor denounced the vandalisation of a statue at the 1971 Indian Memorial Complex in Mujibnagar, Bangladesh. while sharing the pictures he wrote , Sad to see images like this of statues at the 1971 Shaheed Memorial Complex, Mujibnagar, destroyed by anti-India vandals. This follows disgraceful attacks on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu homes in several places, even as reports came in of Muslim civilians protecting other minority homes and places of worship.
The agenda of some of the agitators is quite clear. It is essential that @Yunus_Centre and his interim government take urgent steps to restore law & order in the interests of all Bangladeshis, of every faith. India stands with the people of Bangladesh at this turbulent time, but such anarchic excess can never be condoned.
Sad to see images like this of statues at the 1971 Shaheed Memorial Complex, Mujibnagar, destroyed by anti-India vandals. This follows disgraceful attacks on the Indian cultural centre, temples and Hindu homes in several places, even as reports came in of Muslim civilians… pic.twitter.com/FFrftoA81T
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 12, 2024
Depicting the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender, the statue represents signing of a legal document between India and the Pakistan army along with Bangladesh’s Mukti Bahini to end the 1971 war.
