DHAKA: Amid issues over safety throughout Durga Puja, 40 eminent residents of Bangladesh have urged the government to take steps to make sure the Hindu neighborhood can have a good time its greatest pageant peacefully. This 12 months, Durga Puja is prone to be celebrated at 32,460 mandaps throughout Bangladesh.
“We wish to imagine that the government will take measures as per its dedication,” they mentioned in a press release issued on Saturday, and confused that authorized motion ought to be taken in opposition to individuals making an attempt to create communal rigidity.In addition they urged residents, regardless of their caste and creed, to unitedly stand in opposition to miscreants attempting to create communal rigidity. “Some teams with vested curiosity typically attempt to create disharmony throughout the pageant, finishing up subversive actions. They’re attempting to create communal tensions by spreading anti-minority speeches on social media,” the assertion mentioned.
The Bangladesh military has made complete preparations to make sure the protection of all throughout Durga Puja, mentioned chief of military employees Basic Waker-Uz-Zaman throughout his go to to the Dhakeshwari Nationwide Temple, the place he reviewed safety measures. The interim govt has issued a set of directions for the native administration and regulation enforcement businesses to keep up regulation and order throughout the pageant. A monitoring committee might be fashioned, together with college students, to make sure safety at puja mandaps.
In the meantime, the Sammilito Bhikkhu Sangha of the Chittagong Hill Tracts has introduced to not have a good time the ‘kothin chibor dan’ – the principle non secular pageant of the Buddhist neighborhood – this 12 months citing “lack of safety and uncertainty.” Parbatya Bhikkhu Sangha president Shraddhalankar Mahathera mentioned Sunday that the pageant won’t be organised at any monasteries within the CHT.
