Bangladesh group demands measures to halt marginalisation of minorities after India's new immigration law

Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 8 (ANI): The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC), the largest number group, has demanded effectual measures to halt the marginalisation of minorities aft the enforcement of India's caller migration law.

On September 1, India enforced the 'Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025'. The caller instrumentality grants exemptions to minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan who sought refuge successful India by December 31, 2024, due to the fact that they faced oregon feared spiritual persecution.

The erstwhile Citizenship Act had acceptable the deadline for these groups astatine December 31, 2014, but the caller instrumentality has extended that by 10 years.

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, done a connection from its Presidents, Professor Dr. Nim Chandra Bhowmik, Ushatan Talukdar, and Nirmal Rozario, on with Acting General Secretary Monindra Kumar Nath, responded to the Indian government's caller law. They stated that this enactment volition summation the inclination for spiritual and taste minorities and indigenous peoples successful Bangladesh to permission the country. The leaders emphasised that the Government of Bangladesh indispensable earnestly see the argumentation down India's determination and its imaginable semipermanent interaction connected the country.

'Consequently, the interim authorities indispensable instantly instrumentality indispensable and effectual steps to reconstruct assurance and code the spot situation among the nation's spiritual and taste minorities and indigenous peoples,' the number leaders said successful the statement.

To execute this, the leaders stated that the authorities indispensable guarantee the practice and information of these groups successful each aspects of life, from policy-making to regular living. They besides called for a 'zero-tolerance' argumentation to halt the ongoing oppression and persecution they face.

The leaders added that disrespecting, neglecting, and persecuting spiritual and taste minorities and indigenous peoples volition forestall sustainable democracy, development, and advancement successful the country.

The leaders concluded by expressing their anticipation that the interim government, considering ideology and nationalist interest, volition promptly instrumentality the indispensable effectual measures to forestall the marginalisation of minorities. (ANI)