The situation in Bangladesh is increasingly becoming difficult for minority communities, particularly Hindus, following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5.
Reports say, at least 49 teachers from minority communities have been forced to resign from their positions, and some have even faced physical attacks.
However, 19 of them were reinstated later, the reports appearing in the local newspapers said.
Meanwhile, In India, a number of Hindu organizations have been protesting over the violence against minorities in Bangladesh, they said.
The religious and ethnic minorities have also faced attacks, looting, assault on women, vandalism of temples, arson attacks on homes and businesses, and killings ever since the fall of Hasina government.
Hasina, the 76-year-old former Prime Minister, stepped down and fled to India following the massive student protests against a job quota system in the country.
Soon after the protests turned violent wherein religious and ethnic minorities, including Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians were targeted.
Meanwhile, exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen criticized the current government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, for not doing enough to protect minorities.
“In Bangladesh, teachers are forced to resign. Journos, ministers, officials of the former government are getting killed, harassed, imprisoned. Gen Z burned down industries of Ahmadi Muslims. Mazars and dargahs of Sufi Muslims are demolished by Islamic terrorists. Yunus says nothing against it,” she posted on X.
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In fact, the interim government in Bangladesh is facing backlash from various quarters after reports about several teachers from minority communities were forced to resign from their positions in education institutions in the aftermath of political chaos in the country.
According to the data compiled by the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad organizations, members of minority communities in the country faced at least 205 incidents of attacks in 52 districts since the fall of the Hasina government.
