THE RSS on Saturday expressed serious concern about the allegedly planned violence, injustice and oppression faced by the Hindu and other minority communities at the hands of radical Islamist elements in Bangladesh after the regime change there. On the second day of the meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the highest decision-making body of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a resolution was passed on Bangladesh. The RSS said the persecution of the Hindus is a serious case of violation of human rights. “The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha expresses its serious concern on the unabated and planned violence, injustice and oppression faced by the Hindu and other minority communities at the hands of radical Islamist elements in Bangladesh,” the resolution read. It further said that during the recent regime change in Bangladesh, several incidents of attacks on Mutts, temples, Durgapuja pandals and educational institutions, desecration of deities, barbaric killings, looting of properties, abduction and molestation of women and forcible conversions are being continuously reported. “Denying the religious angle of these incidents by claiming them to be only political is the negation of truth, as scores of victims of suchincidentsbelong toHindu and other minority communities only,” ABPS said. “

 

The continuous decline of Hindu population in Bangladesh (From 22 per cent in 1951 to 7.95 per cent today) indicates the existential crisis for them,” said the ABPS. “There is a concerted effort on the part of some international forces to foment instability in the entire region surroundingBharatbycreatingan atmosphere of distrust and confrontation by pitting one country against another,” the RSS noted. “The ABPS wishes to underscore the fact that the entire region has a shared culture, history and social bonds becauseofwhichanyupheaval at one place raises concern throughout the region. The ABPS feels that all vigilantpeople should make efforts towards strengthening this shared legacy of Bharat and neighbouring countries,” the resolution said.The ABPS said a noteworthy fact during this periodis thatHindu societyin Bangladesh has courageously resisted these atrocities in a peaceful, collective, and democratic way. It is commendable that this resolve found moral and psychological support from theHindu societyin Bharat, it noted. ARE YOU GENUINELY CONCERNEDONDELIMITATION, RSS ASKS PARTIES DISCUSSING IT: RSS joint general secretary Arun Kumar on Saturday asked those discussing the delimitation process have any political agenda or they were genuinely concerned about it. Kumar asked them to avoid suchdiscussions as theCentre has not initiated the process yet.“Inmyopinion, thosewho are taking part in the discussions on the delimitation should introspect whether it’s their political agenda or whether they are genuinely thinking about the interest of their region,” Kumar said.