Bangladesh: Leftist college students endure accidents after their protest towards Modi turns violent

On March 23, at the least 20 Leftist college students, together with Masud Rana, Central Committee President of Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, had been injured in an alleged assault by Bangladesh Chhatra League. The Leftist college students in Bangladesh had been protesting towards the upcoming go to of PM Modi on March 26-27. Chhatra Odhikar Parishad college students additionally burnt effigies of PM Modi. PM Modi’s go to to Bangladesh comes when the neighbouring nation is celebrating 50 yr of independence.
The protests had been being held because the Left-Leaning college students weren’t proud of PM Modi’s “extreme anti-Muslim religious communalism and pogrom in Gujarat.” The protesters additional alleged that in discussions over bilateral points, Bangladesh’s pursuits are being left unresolved by India. They additionally alleged that the National Register of Citizens in Assam is getting used to place stress on Bangladesh, and India will get all the things in its curiosity by arm-twisting Bangladesh.
11 of the injured, together with Rana, had been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for remedy. In a press word launched from the left-leaning organizations, it was talked about that besides Masud, all ten had been significantly injured. According to Salman Siddiqui, president Samajtantrik Chhatra Front’s Dhaka University unit, Pragati Tapan Barma, common secretary of the unit, was one of many significantly injured.

The Daily Star quoted Al Kaderi Joy, convener of Progressive Students’ Alliance, saying that a number of Chhatra League leaders and activists had attacked them with sticks, brickbats, and damaged branches. He stated, “We had a scheduled protest program against Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, and as part of it, we were supposed to burn an effigy of the Indian prime minister. Several Chhatra League leaders and activists attacked us with sticks, brickbats, and broken branches.”
He additional stated that after the primary assault, they stood there, however the Chhatra League got here again and attacked once more. “Around 20 of our leaders and activists were injured,” Joy added. It was alleged that the members of the Chhatra League snatched away the effigy of PM Modi.
Chhatra League denied allegations
Lekhak Bhattacharjee, General Secretary, Chhatra League, denied the allegations and stated they had been combating amongst themselves. He stated, “Members of a leftist group fought among themselves on the campus and in the process, some of our men were injured while caught between them. We have nothing to do with the attack.”
Several Journalists had been injured
Five journalists, Rubel Rashid, photographer of the Daily Desh Rupantor, and Jibon Ahmed of Daily Manab Zamin, Kazi Salauddin Raju of Zuma Press, Jabed Hasnain Chowdhury of the United News of Bangladesh, and freelance journalist ‘Himu’, had been additionally injured throughout the violence.