Bangladesh crisis: The violence in Bangladesh has still not abated. The public anger has now turned to symbols connected with Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and Sheikh Hasina’s father, was a tall figure in the Awami League.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday (August 12) reacted strongly as he posted images of a destroyed sculpture at 1971 war memorial complex in Mujibnagar in Bangladesh. The sculpture, capturing the iconic moment of Pakistani Army’s formal surrender to Indian forces, was seen in a ruined state in ‘before and after’ pics Tharoor posted from his official handle on X (formerly Twitter).
Taking on ‘anti-India vandals’ in Bangladesh who have attacked cultural centres, temples and ‘Hindu homes’, Tharoor urged Muhammad Yunus to restore law and order in the country currently in the grip of widespread violence that erupted during and after mass protests against quotas in government jobs. Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate, is currently the head of interim government in Bangladesh.
‘…Such anarchic excess can never be condoned,’ says Tharoor in his post.