SHILLONG, JUNE 19: The BJP on Sunday said it would seek the centre’s intervention into the alleged quit notices issued to Khasis residing in neighbouring Bangladesh. It also observed that the move is not only against the Khasis but also the Hindus, Buddhists and Christians.
“We condemn these atrocities on minorities in the strongest words and will take up the matter with the Union Home Minister on priority,” BJP Meghalaya state committee spokesperson Basu Chakraborty said in a statement.
He said that the Dhaka District Administration has allegedly issued an eviction notice to over 700 families belonging to indigenous Khasi tribe who have been living in their ancestral land at Nahar Punji of Srimangal Upazila in Moulavi Bazar.
“The district Administration has directed them to leave Nahar Puji village within June 12, with a threat to evict them forcefully if the people refused to leave. All these Khasi people are in fear and are passing each moment with distress and worries of eviction after learning about the notice,” Chakraborty said.
He went on to alleged that the whole movement is planned in such a way that not only Khasis but also Hindus, Buddhists and Christians are being targeted, tortured and murdered in Bangladesh as reported in the national media.
“An organization viz Hindu – Buddhists – Christian United Forum of Bangladesh is fighting in Bangladesh for their cause and has even brought it to the notice of Modiji,” he informed.
An order of the Bangladesh Dhoaka District Administration however claimed that the eviction notice was served only to two persons which includes a Khasi headman for illegally cultivating beter nuts and leafs on a government property.-By Our Reporter
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