Summary:
Kolkata, Oct 18 (PTI) The BJP West Bengal unit on Monday took out protest rallies across the state in protest against attack on the Hindu minorities, vandalization of temples and Durga puja marquees in Bangladesh and questioned the silence of Trinamool Congress on the issue.
The saffron party took out rallies in every district of the state condemning the "attack" on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country and demanded immediate action and punishment of those involved in the communal violence by the Bangladesh government.
It claimed that the communal attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh is "part of a bigger plan" to scare them away from that country and it was with this in mind that BJP had mooted the Citizenship Amendment Act to protect them.
The party took out two rallies in southern and northern parts of the city in which party activists waved placards denouncing the unprovoked attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh.
Senior state BJP leader Debasree Chaudhuri said the "barbaric attack" on the Hindus in Bangladesh is "condemnable".
"Globally recognized philanthropic organizations like ISKCON have come under attack in Bangladesh.