Kolkata (West Bengal): Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal Assembly, asserted on Monday that about one crore Hindu migrants from the neighbouring country might arrive in the state in the coming days amidst the political turmoil in Bangladesh.
Speaking to reporters outside the Assembly’s Monsoon Session, Adhikari stated that West Bengalis should be ready for the arrival of one million Hindu migrants from Bangladesh.
“Hindus are being slaughtered in Bangladesh. The Councillor of Rangpur Nagar Parishad, Haradhan Nayak, has been murdered. Thirteen policemen were slaughtered at Sirajganj, out of whom nine were Hindus. Hindu residences at Noakhali have been torched,” Adhikari said.
“I would like to request the Governor (C.V. Ananda Bose) and the Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) to speak to the Union government since it has been clearly stated in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that if any person becomes a victim of religious violence (in Bangladesh), we must give them necessary shelter,” Adhikari said.
Furthermore, he warned that fundamentalist forces would seize control of Bangladesh if nothing was done to alter the existing state of affairs within the next three days.
“Be mentally prepared to provide shelter to one crore Hindu refugees. At least I am prepared for that,” he said.
In addition, he made a plea to West Bengal’s Hindu community to take in and house Hindu refugees from Bangladesh, just as they had in 1971.
Reportedly, currently in Bangladesh, the Jamaat-e-Islami has taken charge, and the military has not taken power.
–IANS
