Pakistan plotting conspiracy with Rohingya militant groups: Bangladesh

Kolkata, December 21: Bangladesh Minister Obaidul Quader has said, Pakistan is hatching a conspiracy with Rohingya terror groups, like the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, against Dhaka.

“They (Pakistan) cannot tolerate anything good happening in our country. They are also hatching a conspiracy with the Rohingya terror elements,” the Bangladesh transport minister said.

Quizzed about Pakistan’s “conspiracy” with Rohingya terror elements, he said, “We have reports that Pakistan’s ISI is hatching a conspiracy with the terror groups among the Rohingya people.”

On the rights of the minorities in Bangladesh, Quader said the government had a zero-tolerance policy towards any atrocities on them and that it had asked the minorities to put up a resistance against any such attack.

"I tell my minority brothers that they are in no way inferior than our Muslim brothers. They should not suffer from an inferiority complex. I tell them that they are citizens of Bangladesh and have been part of the Liberation War," he added.

Quader called on the international community to intervene and put pressure on Myanmar to address the exodus.

Bangladesh, which had to deal with a huge influx of Rohingya migrants this year, following a crackdown by the army of Myanmar in the northern Rakhine province. Over 6,55,000 Rohingya people fled to Bangladesh since the crackdown began in August.