By Mir Afroz Zaman, POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Sep 20, 2022 : When Bangladesh became independent it was under the leadership of Bangabandhu which is now working for us. That is the non-sectarian spirit. Everyone will live in this country with equal rights. No malice towards anyone. Bangabandhu wrote the constitution with that spirit. This country will remain with secularism. The Ministry of Religion has been run with his spirit.
On the occasion of upcoming Durga Puja, the Hindu community will celebrate their festival with their hope that no one will interfere here.
State Minister of Religion affairs Faridul Haque Khan said this in an interview at the Ministry of Religion’s own office in the Bangladesh Secretariat today.
At present, Sheikh Hasina’s government has been doing things smoothly.
As you know, Hajj is obligatory for Muslims. This year we did it right. Everyone, including the government officials, cooperated with us.
Similarly, in the holy Durga Puja, we all will complete it with each other’s cooperation. We have already given several instructions.
We have ordered to install CCTV cameras in every puja mandap.
Apart from this, we have given another instruction to form a committee with the youth of the Hindu community and Awami League workers in the Purja Mandap area.
During Durga Puja last year, several incidents including vandalism of mandap, vandalism of idols took place in different areas of Bangladesh. But even at that time, your ministry had various guidelines and committees. Do you have any fears of the kind this time? To this question, Minister Maulana Farid said that the incident that happened in Comilla was the work of anti-independence gang. They are real enemies of Bangladesh.
Many of the plotters of the 2004 grenade attack are still alive. They are still engaged in tarnishing the image of the government. But our law enforcement forces are active in that regard. That will not be allowed this year.
Those who were arrested in Comilla incident last time came out on bail again. There was no trial. In this case there is fear in the area? State Minister Farid said that this is the jurisdiction of the court. There was no lack of sincerity in the government.
Compared to the last time, what is the attraction of the Hindu community on the occasion of Durga Purja? But this time I have seen that people’s income has increased this year especially during Sheikh Hasina’s government. Financial freedom. Due to which the number of puja mandap has increased I think this is the big attraction.
He said that the Hindu religious welfare trust in Bangladesh has become much empowered now compared to the past.
It may be noted that Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has donated Tk 2 crore on the occasion of upcoming Durga Puja. Around 30 to 32 thousand puja mandapas have been built across the country.
