Killings of innocent Bangladeshis in border-belt zone
Sunday, 13 June 2010
Shimul Chaudhury
A 'thug', according to Indian mythology, was "one of a band of professional assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her." We think this term is quite apposite to describe the operations of India's BSF (Border Security Force) if we consider the murderous acts by its personnel in the border region of Bangladesh.
When the BSF thugs routinely kill Bangladeshis in the border region, they do not discriminate whether their victims in Bangladesh belong to the Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jatiya Party or Jamaat. However, in condemning regular violation of human rights by the BSF personnel and their killings of Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi political parties are sharply divided. Some Bangladeshi political parties raise a hue and cry now and then to register their protest against BSF's murderous actions. But, unfortunately, a leading Bangladeshi political party remains dead silent on the BSF's wrong-doings.
This tells us about the sad story of Bangladeshi politics, as the political parties are not united even in protecting the country's people. This also otherwise suggests the success of Indian foreign policy, as it has a loyal political group in Bangladesh that looks after India's interest blindly and is ready to ignore Bangladesh's interest where India's political and strategic interests are involved.
If the Bangladeshi parties loyal to India were selective in its condemnation of BSF's routine murders, then we would have some consolation. What is frustrating is the fact that their silence on India's atrocities is absolute. When India is in the scene, it does not bother whether the BSF victims are from its own party or from other parties. In other words, the security of the people do not count much in the imagination of the leaders of those parties.
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The writer can be reached at e-mail : honestdebater@yahoo.ca
A 'thug', according to Indian mythology, was "one of a band of professional assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her." We think this term is quite apposite to describe the operations of India's BSF (Border Security Force) if we consider the murderous acts by its personnel in the border region of Bangladesh.
When the BSF thugs routinely kill Bangladeshis in the border region, they do not discriminate whether their victims in Bangladesh belong to the Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jatiya Party or Jamaat. However, in condemning regular violation of human rights by the BSF personnel and their killings of Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi political parties are sharply divided. Some Bangladeshi political parties raise a hue and cry now and then to register their protest against BSF's murderous actions. But, unfortunately, a leading Bangladeshi political party remains dead silent on the BSF's wrong-doings.
This tells us about the sad story of Bangladeshi politics, as the political parties are not united even in protecting the country's people. This also otherwise suggests the success of Indian foreign policy, as it has a loyal political group in Bangladesh that looks after India's interest blindly and is ready to ignore Bangladesh's interest where India's political and strategic interests are involved.
If the Bangladeshi parties loyal to India were selective in its condemnation of BSF's routine murders, then we would have some consolation. What is frustrating is the fact that their silence on India's atrocities is absolute. When India is in the scene, it does not bother whether the BSF victims are from its own party or from other parties. In other words, the security of the people do not count much in the imagination of the leaders of those parties.
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The writer can be reached at e-mail : honestdebater@yahoo.ca