CURATED BY – YASHPAL SINGH JAT | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Anuppur, in the last few years, violence is being carried out against minority Hindus in Muslim countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh. In these countries, Hindus are being targeted and attacked, they are being killed. Properties are being looted. Temples of faith of Hindus are being attacked, they are being demolished, arson is being done. Idols of deities are being broken. On Thursday, 22 August 2024, Hindu Ekta Manch expressed displeasure by staging a sit-in protest in Anuppur regarding the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.

Expressing the above views on this occasion, Mahamandaleshwar Swami Hariharanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj, head of Mrityunjay Ashram in Amarkantak, said that this is not just our allegation. A United Nations report says that on 5-6 August this year, houses of Hindus were attacked by extremist mobs in 27 districts of Bangladesh. They were vandalised and looted. Many temples were damaged in the attacks. According to the report, the ISKCON temple in Meharpur of Khulna division was vandalised and set on fire. On the call of Hindu Ekta Manch, people from all over the district including Anuppur, Amarkantak, Rajendragram, Jaithari, Chachai, Venkatnagar, Kotma, Bijuri, Rajnagar, Bhalumaada, Jamuna gathered here. Along with hundreds of people from Amarkantak, Mahamandleshwar Swami Hariharanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj (Mrityunjay Ashram), Shrimahant Swami Rambhushan Das Ji Maharaj (Shanti Kuti), Swami Dharmanand Ji Maharaj (Kalyan Seva Ashram), Brahmachari Mahesh Chetan Ji Maharaj (Turi Ashram), Shastri Ramnaresh Ji (Markandeya Ashram), Vaidya Azad Ji, Shravan Upadhyay, Munnu Pandey, Vijay Shukla, Manoj Dwivedi, Anil Gupta, Mrs. Parvati Rathore, Valmiki Rathore, Ranjit Sarrati, Shailendra Singh, Ramnaresh Garg, Rajesh Shivhare, Dr. Devendra Tiwari, Roshan Puri, Pankaj Mishra, Hanuman Garg, Lavkush Shukla, Harishankar Verma Shravan Upadhyay, Umashankar Munnu Pandey, Deepak Shukla, Shyam Narayan Shukla, Shivratan Verma, Ajay Shukla, Ravi Tiwari, Rajkishore Tiwari, Chandrika Dwivedi, Rashmi Khare, Pushpa Patel, Durga Patel, Rakesh Gautam, Chaitanya Mishra, Rajesh Shukla, Rajesh Payasi, Manoj Shukla, Ajay Mishra, Mukesh Mishra, Kishore Soni, Sudhakar Mishra, Anand Pandey, Ved Dwivedi, Anand Ram Gautam, Krishnanand Dwivedi, J P Sharma, Manoj Mishra, Muneshwar Pandey, Balram Pandey and hundreds of people participated in the program. After gathering at Shiv-Maruti temple premises in Samatpur at the district headquarters, a peaceful rally was taken out under the leadership of the above saints and they reached the Collectorate raising slogans like Bharat Mata Ki Jai, stop attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. Swami Hariharanand Saraswati ji read out the memorandum in front of hundreds of people present here and Collector Harshal Pancholi, journalists and handed over the memorandum addressed to the President and said that for the past few years, targeted violence is being carried out against Hindus and minorities in Bangladesh and they are being killed. They are being attacked, their properties are being looted and burnt. The idols of gods and goddesses are being broken by attacking temples.

In protest against this, Hindu Ekta Manch, District – Anuppur- MP will hold a peaceful symbolic dharna, demonstration and rally at the district headquarters Anuppur today on 22nd August 2024, Thursday at 2 pm and hand over a memorandum in the name of Her Excellency President Mrs. Draupadi Murmu ji to Anuppur Collector Mr. Harshal Pancholi ji and through this, demand from the Government of India that -

1. The Government of India should put diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh and ask it to immediately stop the attacks against Hindus and minorities there.

2. The Bangladesh government should take the strictest legal action against the culprits for targeted violence, murders, arson, looting, assault, vandalism against Hindus in Bangladesh.

3. The Bangladesh government should ensure the safety of the families and property of Hindus living there.

4. The Bangladesh government should ensure that the Hindus who were killed, injured, their properties were destroyed or looted are given adequate compensation.

5. The government should rebuild the temples, religious places and idols that were damaged and ensure their security.

6. The Indian government should ensure that there is no targeted violence, loot, murder or arson against any Hindu and his family living in Bangladesh and other Muslim countries.

7. If the Bangladesh government fails to provide security to the Hindus living there, then the Indian government should use all its options against them.

8. Ensure action against foreign intruders (especially Bangladeshis and Rohingyas) in India. Hindu Ekta Manch, Anuppur- MP Through you, the Indian government should take concrete action to stop violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and other states within the country including Kerala, West Bengal and take as much possible steps as possible by accepting our above demands.