Hindus in Bangladesh: UK parliament raises concerns on attacks on minorities, calls for intervention – The Economic Times Video

Amid the escalating atrocities against minorities especially Hindus in Bangladesh , UK MPs Preeti Patel and Barry Gardiner condemned the violence in the South Asian country, saying that “the situation is clearly on a knife edge.” Speaking in the UK Parliament on Monday, Labour MP Barry Gardiner, representing Brent West, asked the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs to make a statement on the situation in Bangladesh and the recent attacks on the Hindu community. Speaking at the parliament, Gardiner also raised concerns about the arrest of Hindu leader and former ISKCON priest Prabhu Chinmoy Krishna Das. He said, “A leading Hindu monk, Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been arrested.

ET Online | 03 Dec 2024, 02:22 PM IST