Hundreds of people from the Hindu community have staged a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection of the capital Dhaka protesting against the attacks on their community.
The demonstration was held between 4.30pm and 6pm on Monday. During the protest, the protesters blocked the Shahbagh intersection causing the vehicles to standstill
After the fall of the Awami League government in the mass uprising of students, they came to the road to protest against the vandalism, arson, looting, and torture of Hindu temples and houses in different parts of the country.
They formed a human chain in front of the National Museum in Shahbagh from 3pm on Monday.
However, around 2:30pm, another peace rally under the banner titled "The Anti-Awami League Hindu Society organized a rally at Shahbagh.
Nipun Roy Chowdhury, general secretary of Dhaka district BNP and also a member of the National Executive Committee of BNP, said that the sisters and brothers of the Hindu-Buddhist community and the sisters and brothers of the Muslim community are all united in the sit-in program. This is the true image of Bangladesh. Domestic and foreign conspirators want to destroy this image and victory.
While speaking at the rally, barrister Rumeen Farhana, international affairs secretary of BNP, said: "We have started a new Bangladesh. In this new Bangladesh, there will be no discrimination regardless of caste, religion. During the Awami league Regime our leaders and activists from the top layer to the root level had been brutally tortured and murdered. We will not let it happen again."