Bangladesh ‘Kali Puja’ more or less peaceful , indirect attacks continue to hound Hindus out of the country

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, November 9, 2026

The annual ‘Deepavali’ festival of Hindus and the accompanying ‘Kali Puja’ came off more or less peacefully across Bangladesh except stray incidents of idol or pandal breaking. Sources from Bangladesh said that in remote Technaf area under Chittagong district as also in Noakkhali and Gaibanda districts , Muslim miscreants operating under the banner of ruling BNP and enjoying support from the fundamentalist Jamat-e-Islami broke idols of the deity and pandals erected by Hindus in localities and and even in households. But overall , the ‘Puja’ day yesterday passed off peacefully because of vigil and surveillance by the government machinery , specially in urban areas.

However, sources said that, the ‘Jahil’ (Murkh) Mollahs, Maulvis and clerics in the hierarchy have unleashed a venomous campaign against the Hindu minorities by asking fellow Muslims to shun the shops and business establishments run by Hindu as well as to boycott Hindu teachers and private tutors . “This is part of the large campaign to force the Hindu minorities out of Bangladesh through indirect pressure and psychological warfare so that Hindu properties can be captured by the Muslims illegally ; these Muslim elements are so venomous in their minds and so uncultured and ill-educated that they do not have a qualm of conscience to launch such a poisonous propaganda against a minuscule minority of people who are also most peaceful and law-abiding section of the citizenry in the country” said a leader of Hindus from Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, Chaitali Chakraborty , a supreme court advocate in Bangladesh, said that she now lives in fear of life and other dangers posed by the Muslims and can not even freely attend courts. Ealielr this year Chaitali had demanded that a part of Bangladesh be created as a Hindu land so that they can live peacefully without being persecuted by the Muslim criminals. But since she had made the widely-publicised statement Chaitali has been a subject of attack and a boycott in the court. “I now feel very insecure in this land of my origin and fear attacks and humiliation whenever any one knocks on my door in the house” said Chaitali in a recent interview. However the BNP government is completely silent over the issue.

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