All posts tagged: Redbridge

‘Nobody we can talk to now in Bangladesh… progressive Muslims have left or are hiding’ | India News

‘Nobody we can talk to now in Bangladesh… progressive Muslims have left or are hiding’ | India News

Labour Party Councillor for London borough of Redbridge and the president of Secular Bangladesh Movement UK, PUSHPITA GUPTA is in India as part of a delegation of Bangladeshi Hindus diaspora from the US, Canada and Europe. She speaks to Shubhajit Roy. What is the agenda of your visit? The safety of families, safety of my community, Hindu community in Bangladesh, I have been in this fight for more than 20 years. I genuinely love my country. My father and grandfather were freedom fighters. I will be fighting for Hindus’ rights in Bangladesh… There is large-scale violence against Hindus. So that’s why we are here. What is the current situation, and is it different from PM Sheikh Hasina’s time? Bangladesh is not safe at the moment. There is nobody we can sit down and talk to now. We could talk to her when she was in power…we had the opportunity to talk… submit a report, or we had police protection… Majority of the Muslim population, progressive Muslims, have either left the country or are hiding themselves, …