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Bangladesh Election Commission Cancels Nomination Of Key Hindu Leader For Feb 12 Polls | India News

Bangladesh Election Commission Cancels Nomination Of Key Hindu Leader For Feb 12 Polls | India News

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Last Updated:January 05, 2026, 20:15 IST The run-up to Bangladesh polls has been marked by sharp political polarisation, allegations of administrative bias, incidents of intimidation and spate of attacks on minorities. Bangladesh Election Commission cancelled Hindu leader and lawyer Govind Chandra Pramanik’s nomination from the Gopalganj-3 constituency. (X) A prominent Hindu leader and lawyer, Govind Chandra Pramanik, has been barred from contesting the elections after the Bangladesh Election Commission cancelled his nomination from the Gopalganj-3 constituency ahead of general elections scheduled to be held on February 12. Pramanik, general secretary of the Jatiya Hindu Mahajot, alleged political pressure and said supporters who had signed his nomination papers were forced to withdraw. Pramanik told broadcaster India Today that he would challenge the decision before the Election Commission and the courts, calling the move part of a broader pattern of marginalisation of Hindu political representation. BJP leader Amit Malviya on Monday condemned the Bangladesh Election Commission’s move to cancel the nomination of Hindu leader Gobind Chandra Pramanik from Gopalganj, the former parliamentary seat of Sheikh Hasina, ahead …

‘Why Should We Leave?’: Family Of Hindu Man Lynched In Bangladesh Seeks Justice, Safety | World News

‘Why Should We Leave?’: Family Of Hindu Man Lynched In Bangladesh Seeks Justice, Safety | World News

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Last Updated:January 01, 2026, 19:37 IST The garment worker’s family and supporters call his death a case of systematic targeting of Hindus as concerns rise over the increasing significance of Jamaat Dipu Das’s widow Megha (in pic) says she spoke to her husband from his clothing factory at 4pm the day he was murdered. (News18) In Bangladesh, Dipu Chandra Das’s small hut is filled with two cries—one of his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter who is hassled by the crowd of unknown people and second of his 25-year-old widow, Megha, who now faces an uncertain future. Das, a young garment worker in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district, was brutally lynched by a mob on December 18. The frenzied crowd accused the 27-year-old of making derogatory remarks about Islam and Prophet Muhammad during a factory event and then brutally lynched him before hanging his body from a tree and setting it ablaze. As the incident led to an uproar across the globe, the Bangladesh government sent emissaries to Das’s family to promise them that their future is safe. However, …