India Bangladesh News: India Slams Dhaka Over Murshidabad Violence Remark, Urges Focus on Minority Rights | India News

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NEW DELHI: The ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) on Friday strongly rejected Bangladesh‘s feedback relating to the latest communal violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, urging the neighbouring nation to as a substitute handle the persecution of minorities inside its personal borders.
“We reject the remarks made by the Bangladesh side with regard to the incidents in West Bengal. This is a barely disguised and disingenuous attempt to draw a parallel with India’s concerns over the ongoing persecution of minorities in Bangladesh, where the criminal perpetrators of such acts continue to roam free,” MEA mentioned in a press release.
“Instead of making unwarranted comments and indulging in virtue signalling, Bangladesh would do better to focus on protecting the rights of its own minorities,” it added.

India’s response got here after Bangladesh’s chief adviser’s press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, referred to as on India to “fully protect” its Muslim minority inhabitants. Alam had additionally denied any Bangladeshi involvement within the Murshidabad violence via a press release to native media.
“We strongly refute any attempts to implicate Bangladesh in the communal violence in Murshidabad,” he instructed native each day.
The violence, which erupted on April 11 throughout protests towards the Waqf (Amendment) Act, claimed three lives and left a number of others injured. The unrest additionally resulted in vital property harm and compelled many households to flee, with some searching for refuge in Jharkhand’s Pakur district whereas others moved to reduction camps in Malda.
The Calcutta excessive courtroom has ordered the continued deployment of central forces in Murshidabad to keep up legislation and order. The courtroom, which can monitor the rehabilitation of victims, has additionally directed officers from political events, together with the BJP and TMC, to chorus from making inflammatory speeches that would worsen the scenario.