RSS expresses concern over Hindus' condition in Pak, Bangladesh

 Jaipur, March 18: RSS Sarkaryawah Suresh alias Bhayyaji Joshi, addressing the media persons here on the concluding day of the three-day Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) said that ABPS expressed serious concern over conditions of Hindus in neighboring countries, plight of women in the country, influx of Muslims, and cruelty of Pakistan in the bordering areas of Bharat.

Joshi said that the ABPS condemned the recent attacks on Hindus including Buddhists and their places of worship in Bangladesh by the fundamentalist groups that are notoriously anti-Hindu and anti-Bharat Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh. This became a phenomenon in Bangladesh for last several decades. The Hindus and other minorities have been facing the brunt of Islamic fury for no fault of their, time and again, the RSS leader said.

The persecution and helplessness is forcing thousands of them to flee for their lives and dignity into Bharat. Such Bangladeshi Hindus and the Buddhist Chakmas have been staying in West Bengal and Assam as refugees for decades on and newer ones are joining them every time there is fresh violence in Bangladesh, he said.

Joshi further said that at present Bharat was facing some crucial challenges that needed to be tackled as early as possible. Sixty years after the partition of the country, from both East (Bangaladesh) and West Pakistan, even now thousands of Hindus were seeking asylum in the country because of worsening conditions of Hindus in the respective countries and were living a very constrained life, the RSS General Secretary said.

The ABPS insisted that it was the responsibility of the Government of Bharat to challenge Pakistan and Bangladesh on the issue of violation of Nehru-Liaquat pact of 1950 that expressly stated that minorities on both the side would be accorded full protection and citizenship rights. Disappearance of millions of Hindus can’t be simply brushed aside by invoking sovereignty principle.

These two countries need to be questioned on the continuous influx of Hindu into Bharat. While not a single member of the so-called minority community has ever gone over to these countries. The Hindu population of East and West Pakistan at the time of partition was 28% and 11% respectively whereas Muslim population of what became truncated Bharat was 8%. Today while the Muslim population in Bharat had increased by 14% the Hindu population in Bangladesh has come down to less than 10% and in Pakistan to less than 2%.

We demand that the Government should take steps to ensure they get basic necessities to lead a good and decent life. Government should draft a National Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Policy ensuring dignified living conditions for all Hindu refugees from these two countries pending their return with safety and honor to their respective countries.

Compensation should be demanded in appropriate form from Bangladesh and Pakistan for the Hindus displaced from their respective countries. Government should also demand international institutes like UNHRC, UNHCR etc to play a role in ensuring safety and honor of the Hindus and other minorities in the countries.

Talking about the conditions of women in Bharat, Bhayyaji told the reports that the plight of a woman in Bharat at present is a very serious issue and corrective steps need to be taken on an urgent basis. He also told that the reduction of age for consensual sex to 16 has been a major disappointment.

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