‘No Durga Puja holidays, no idol immersion’; radical Islamists ‘warn’ Hindus in….

New Delhi: Durga Puja is regarded as probably essentially essentially the most major festival of Hindus, specifically among the many Bengali Hindus, it's widely known across 10 days to mark Hindu goddess Durga’s victory over Mahishasura.

For a chronic time spanning centuries, Durga Puja has been celebrated with great fervour and enthusiasm in Bengal. For the reason that formation of Bangladesh in 1971, there change into no curtailing of the festival within the neighbouring usa, as a minimum till 2023.

Radical groups issue warning to Hindu minorities

This time around, the festival of Durga Puja appears to be clouded below the controversy involving the unconventional Islamists in Bangladeh. This time, celebrations would maybe take a back seat as radical groups have issued a warning to Hindu minorities against celebrations and immersions, reports India For the time being.

Insaf Keemkari Chhatra-Janta, a thorough group, has warned against “open celebrations” of the festival and idol worship or immersion. The group also staged a protest within the capital Dhaka’s sector 13 against the usage of a playground by the Hindu community for Durga Puja celebrations.

It can probably perhaps be a chronic way to be noted that the playground had been used by the Hindu community for a couple of years to celebrate the festival.

Demand for restrictions

Insaf Keemkari Chhatra-Janta members staged protests against the usage of the area for the festival and demanded “restrictions” on celebrations. They carried different placards in Bangla that read, “No worship any place by closing roads, no pollution to water by idol immersion, no worship to idols.”

Group’s other demands

The extremist group has submitted a Sixteen-point list of demands by which it has cited “environmental damage” as the reason to prevent Durga Puja celebrations. Their demands include preventing the usage of presidency relief funds for festival expenses to doing away with road closures at some point soon of festivities.

Indubitably probably essentially essentially the most group’s key demands is the removal of Durga Puja Day from the list of national holidays since Hindus make up not as much as two per cent of the population.

Reportedly, the group has said that the event (Durga Puja) disrupts the lives of the Muslim majority and that they ought to now not be focused on supporting Hindu festivals caused by spiritual reasons.

The report by India For the time being says that the ultras have demanded the removal of temples “built by occupying many special lands in Bangladesh”.