BNP submits memorandum to Indian High Commission over anti-Bangladesh incidents

A six-member delegation from the BNP's three associate bodies — Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal — submitted a memorandum to the Indian High Commission on Sunday to protest the recent anti-Bangladesh incidents in India.

They went to the Indian High Commission in capital's Baridhara, where they handed over the memorandum to an official of the Indian mission.

The delegation consisted of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal central president Monayem Munna, general secretary Nurul Islam Nayan, Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal president SM Jilani, general secretary Rajib Ahsan, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Rakibul Islam Rakib, and general secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir.

Earlier, police halted a protest march arranged by three associate bodies of BNP towards the Indian mission near Rampura Bridge in the capital for the sake of maintaining law and order.

When the march reached the bridge from Nayapaltan around 12:35 pm, a large number of police blocked the way with barricades and urged the leaders of the three organisations to cooperate.

Later, the six-member delegation of the protesters was allowed to go to the Indian High Commission to submit a memorandum.

The three BNP associate bodies began their road march to protest the attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala and the desecration of the country's national flag.

The programme was also intended to register protests against what the party describes as an Indian plot to incite communal riots in Bangladesh.

Thousands of leaders and activists from the three BNP associate bodies formally began the march from the party's Nayapaltan central office at 11:30am.

Before launching the march, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, top leaders from the three organisations, also delivered brief speeches, condemning the Indian ruling party and media for attempting to disrupt religious harmony in Bangladesh through false and misleading campaigns.

Rizvi accused the Indian ruling party of engaging in direct aggression by attempting to bring Sheikh Hasina back to power in Bangladesh. He unequivocally stated that the 180 million people of Bangladesh are ready to resist Delhi's dominance.