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India continues to show reports of incidents of attacks against minorities successful Bangladesh, including connected their homes and places of worship, and New Delhi has “consistently raised” the contented with the authorities successful Dhaka, the authorities informed Rajya Sabha connected Thursday (January 29, 2026).
In a written effect to a query, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh besides said it is the anticipation of India that the interim authorities of Bangladesh volition discharge its responsibilities by “thoroughly investigating” these incidents and “bring each perpetrators of killings, arson and unit against minorities to justness without excuses”.
CPI(M) subordinate John Brittas asked the Ministry whether the authorities has taken cognisance of reports of attacks, killings, arson and intimidation targeting minorities successful Bangladesh and the deterioration of instrumentality and order, and sought details of ceremonial representations made by India to the authorities of Bangladesh connected extortion of minorities during the past 2 years.
“The authorities of India continues to show reports of incidents of attacks against minorities successful Bangladesh, including connected their homes, properties, businesses and places of worship. India has consistently raised the substance of information and information of the minorities with the authorities successful Bangladesh, astatine some governmental and diplomatic levels connected respective occasions,” Mr. Singh said successful his response.
“The contented was raised by the Prime Minister during his gathering with Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus connected April 4, 2025, and by the External Affairs Minister during his gathering with Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain connected February 16, 2025,” helium said.
The contented has besides been discussed during applicable discussions with different overseas interlocutors, the Minister said.
“It is the anticipation of the authorities of India that the interim authorities of Bangladesh volition discharge its responsibilities by thoroughly investigating these incidents and bring each perpetrators of killings, arson and unit against minorities to justness without excuses. The superior work for the extortion of beingness and liberty of each citizens of Bangladesh, including minorities, rests with the authorities of Bangladesh,” Mr. Singh said.
In different query, the Ministry was asked however the Indian authorities looks astatine the caller connection made by the main advisor of the interim authorities of Bangladesh implicit the attacks connected Hindus successful Bangladesh. “The troubling inclination by the interim authorities to property attacks connected minorities to idiosyncratic rivalries, governmental differences, oregon different extraneous reasons lone emboldens the extremists and the perpetrators of specified crimes, and deepens the consciousness of fearfulness and insecurity among the minorities,” Mr. Singh said.
India’s concerns and sensitivities with respect to incidents related to minorities person been “clearly conveyed” to the authorities of Bangladesh, including astatine the highest governmental levels, helium said.
