The Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance has demanded a three day government holiday for the Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Hindus.
The eighth, ninth and tenth day of the Durga Puja should be declared a government holiday, they said, while pressing forth their four-point demand.
The alliance’s Executive Secretary General, Polash Kanti De announced the demands during a media call at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Friday.
Their demands include, government-funded CCTV cameras in all temples, beefing up security at temples ten days before the festival, creating a commission to protect the temples and abolishing the Digital Security Act if it is not equally implemented for everyone.
“We have been making these demands of the government for a long time but haven’t received any proper answer,” Palash Kanto De told the media.
He added that the alliance will announce countrywide demonstrations on September 16 of the government does not give a proper answer regarding the demands.
