LONDON: The United Kingdom Conservative Party leader and MP Bob Blackman raised grave concerns over what he described as a disastrous situation in Bangladesh, citing escalating violence against minorities, where Hindus are being murdered on the streets, their houses and temples set ablaze, and other religious minorities are being subjected to similar violence.
Speaking at the House of Commons, Blackman said, “At the pre-recess Adjournment debate, I raised the situation in Bangladesh, and the Leader of the House quite rightly wrote to the Foreign Secretary about the disastrous situation there. Hindu men are being murdered on the streets; their houses are being burned; the temples are being burned; and other religious minorities are suffering similar fates.”
The British Parliamentarian warned that the February 12 national elections in Bangladesh are unfolding amid democratic concerns, with the major political party, Awami League, banned from participating and Islamic extremists seeking a referendum to bring changes to the country’s constitution.