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Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and Congress leaders held protests extracurricular the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission successful Kolkata connected Monday (December 22, 2025) against the onslaught connected Hindus in the neighbouring country.
These protests came successful effect to the Hindu assemblage subordinate Dipu Chandra Das’s lynching successful Bangladesh amid the growing unrest successful their nation after the death of their popular youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who was changeable dead successful public.
Mr. Adhikari and different Bharatiya Janata Party supporters tried to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission successful the Beck Bagan area. Their protestation march was joined by many Hindu monks, which was stopped by the Kolkata Police owed to information concerns. The protesters scuffled with the constabulary arsenic they were barred from entering the commission. Effigies of Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to Bangladesh interim government, were burnt connected the road.
When they were barred from moving ahead, Mr. Adhikari and different protesters conducted a sit-in objection connected the road.
They besides announced that a protestation would beryllium conducted crossed the borderline areas successful West Bengal connected December 24 if determination was nary enactment against Das’s lynching in Bangladesh. Mr. Adhikari said they would caput backmost to the Deputy High Commission connected December 26 to protest.
“We volition not fto this substance go. Dipu Das was burnt alive. We volition not let them to beryllium present [at the Bangladesh High Commission],” Mr. Adhikari said, portion heading backmost from the protest.
The protesters carried posters of “We privation revenge for Dipu Das’s murder”.
Congress workers besides held a akin protestation extracurricular the Deputy High Commission a fewer hours earlier the BJP. They were besides stopped by the Kolkata Police before they could participate the committee bureau to record their deputation.
“We person travel to stock this connection and impulse the Bangladesh Deputy Commissioner truthful that each assemblage successful Bangladesh tin unrecorded unneurotic peacefully,” 1 of the Congress leaders said. They raised slogans of “Vande Mataram” and asked for an extremity to unit against number Hindus successful Bangladesh successful the sanction of authorities and religion.
