As the new dispensation in Dhaka comes under increasing criticism for attacks on minorities in the wake of the regime change, the plight of the 19 minority MPs of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is a telling story.
After the dissolution of Parliament, three of them were sent to jail; most of the others are in hiding, in and outside the country.
Among those sent to jail were veteran Awami League leaders and former Cabinet Ministers: Ramesh Chandra Sen, Narayan Chandra, and Sadhan Chandra Majumdar.
Last December, in the first high-level visit by India since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met his Bangladesh counterpart in Dhaka and conveyed “India’s concerns, especially those related to the safety and welfare of minorities”.
