On an average
632 Hindus left Bangladesh per day in the last 49 years from 1964 to
2013. As such 1,13,03,320 Hindu minorities have left Bangladesh due to
Islamic persecution.
Atul Brahmachari | HENB
| Dhaka | July 19, 2016:: In his recent paper
entitled as “Seventh Five Year Planning (2016-20) in Bangladesh: The Dream and
Reality”, the eminent Economist Prof. Dr. Abul Barkat told that over 1.1 Crore
(over 11 million) Hindus had left Bangladesh under Religious persecution and
discriminations from 1964 to 2013.
Prof. Barkat was speaking to a
Seminar at Rajshahi University in Bangladesh on Sunday (17.07.2016) for
divulging the pointers of poverty alleviation, elimination of discrimination
and economic development for all. The seminar was jointly organised by
Bangladesh Economic Forum and Economics Department of Rajshahi
University.
Clarifying his view Dr. Barkat
expressed that the GDP and consideration of economic development in current
parameters were unable to find any direct connection to change the status of
the economically vulnerable groups. In most of the cases such data deliverance
did not any good for the minorities, tribal and marginal people in Bangladesh.
Prof. Barkat pointed out
the regular evacuation of the minorities, tribal and marginal people
living in the plain or hilly areas from their rights of lands, water-bodies and
forests.
Lashing out on the ‘The Enemy
Property (Custody and Registration) Act of 1965’ and its subsequent
versions of ‘The East Pakistan Enemy Property (Lands and Buildings
Administration and Disposal Order of 1966)’, ‘The Enemy Property (Continuance
of Emergency Provision) Ordinance No. 1 of 1969, or the latest avatar of it,
‘The Vested and Non-Resident Property (Administration) Act (XLVI of 1974)’, Dr
Barkat told all these Acts and Ordinances were engineered to disown the rights
of Hindu minority and other non-Muslims from the soil of Bangladesh.
As per Dr Barkat on an
average 632 Hindus left Bangladesh per day in the last 49 years from 1964 to
2013. As such, 1,13,03,32o (49 x 365 x 632) Hindu minorities have left
Bangladesh from 1964-2013. The reasons are obvious and related with Islamic
brutality, persecution and discrimination.
As a matter of fact, the Human
Rights issues in Bangladesh for the minority, tribal and marginal people are in
a very deplorable condition. The present Govt in Bangladesh, ruling party
Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina are completely failure
to give safety-security and any comfort to the vulnerable minority people in
Bangladesh.
See how some AL perpetrators are
continuing an Islamic torture upon a Hindu family at Nabinagar in Brahmanbaria
Dist. Is there any law and order in Bangladesh?
Islamic Bangladesh is growing
fast as a Jihad-desh. Taliban and ISIS goons are desperate to take the
control of Bangladesh in reality. Killing minorities, hacking the liberals,
threatening everybody at any point, attacking restaurants shouting Allah ho
Akbar or imposing Sharia and Halal by Govt wings are the indicators of the
future of Bangladesh.
Postscript: Unfortunately, most of these minority victims in Bangladesh belong
to so called ‘low caste’ (now synonymous to the well used identity
of Dalit) Hindus. They are/were victimised by state sponsored Islamic
fundamentalists of Bangladesh!
In 1947, Hindus constituted
nearly 30% of Bangladesh’s population. By 1991, an estimated 20 million Hindus
were “missing” from Bangladesh. Today, Hindus comprise less than 9% of the
population. Political and religious violence continued to plague
Bangladesh throughout 2014 and the first half of 2015. Jamat e Islami,
Islamic Chatra Shivir , and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) engaged in
violent street riots, forced economic blockades and shutdowns known as
“hartals”, and carried out large-scale attacks on religious minorities and
secular activists.
The ruling Awami League
government is also responsible for the current unrest by repressing political
dissent, imposing restrictions on freedom of speech, and failing to protect
minority communities from violence. Moreover, security forces committed
widespread human rights abuses. (Source: Hindus in South Asia and the
Diaspora – A Survey of Human Rights 2014-2015 by HAF).
Hindu Population in Before East Pakistan & Now in
Bangladesh Region
Year Hindu Population percentage
1941(British Period)
- 39%
1947(East
Pakistan)
- 37%
1951
- 31%
1961
- 28%
1974
(Bangladesh)
- 18.5%
1981
- 13.5%
1991
- 12.13%
2001
- 11.62%
2006
- 9.2%
2011
- 8.5%
2016
- 7.9%
This one statistical Ratio of
Bangladesh Hindus Population(Original) but now make drama ratio provide
by Bangladesh Government
0.30% Hindus are living India and
Bangladesh, they are also duel citizen .
