Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar launched a veiled attack on Congress after several party leaders suggested that the unrest in Bangladesh could spill over into India. Speaking at an event on Saturday VP Dhankhar requested the citizens to be vigilant against the narratives of Bangladesh’s violence infusing into India.
“Efforts by some to infuse a narrative that what happened in our neighbourhood is bound to happen in our Bharat is deeply concerning,” VP Dhankhar said. “How can a citizen of this country having been a Member of Parliament, and the other who has seen enough of Foreign Service take no time in saying that what happened in the neighbourhood will happen in India! Be on watch out!!” Vice President added.The Vice President cautioned against anti-national forces manipulating the country’s fundamental constitutional institutions to legitimize their actions.
He stressed that these forces seek to undermine our democracy and urged citizens to prioritize national interests above all else.
Vice President Dhankhar warned that the anti-national forces might infiltrate the three key institutions designed to protect democracy.
Speaking to reporters at Jodhpur airport on Saturday, Union Minister Shekhawat said it is unfortunate that some people have made comments that a Bangladesh-like situation will arise in India.
“They have talked about replicating this template in India. They probably don’t know that this is not Bangladesh, this is India, and Modi ji’s India. Those who would do this should understand what would happen to them,” he added.
Though Mr Shekhawat did not name anyone, he was apparently referring to the recent remarks by senior Congress leaders Salman Khurshid and Mani Shankar Aiyar.
On Tuesday, Mr Khurshid, at a book release function, said that though “everything may look normal on the surface”, what is happening in Bangladesh could happen in India.
Mr Aiyar had also compared the situation in Bangladesh with that of India.
About the situation in Bangladesh, Mr Shekhawat said whatever happened in Bangladesh was “unexpected and unacceptable… the Indian government is constantly keeping an eye on it. The situation should improve there once the law and order properly gets back on track…”
A senior Bangladeshi editor appearing on a debate show on Republic TV on Saturday alleged Rahul Gandhi had held a secret meeting with Tarique Rahman, acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in London.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, Editor of Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Blitz’, claimed that the meeting was part of a larger conspiracy involving the CIA and ISI to overthrow the government of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh.The allegations suggest that Gandhi gave a green signal for actions leading to violence in Bangladesh, including a coup and a massacre of Hindus.
The claims have sparked a debate on Gandhi’s role and intentions, with some questioning his actions as anti-national and anti-Hindu.
BJP IT cell chief and national spokesperson Amit Malviya asked clarification from the Leader of Opposition over his alleged secret meeting with the BNP leader. The situation has raised concerns about the potential involvement of international actors in destabilising Bangladesh and the implications for regional stability and Hindu communities in the country.
Over 230 people were killed in Bangladesh in the incidents of violence that erupted across the country following the fall of the Hasina government on Monday, taking the death toll to 560 since the anti-quota protests first started in mid-July.
A number of Hindu temples, households and businesses were vandalised, women assaulted and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League party headed by Hasina were killed in the violence in Bangladesh after she fled the country, according to two community leaders in Dhaka.
