Bangladesh

On July 21, while addressing her party’s ‘Martyrs Day’ rally in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee had said that West Bengal will surely keep its door open for ‘helpless people’ who have been affected by violence in Bangladesh and offer them shelter. 

Following the completion of the prison terms, the Bangladeshi citizens will be deported from the UAE as per the Abu Dhabi court order. Protests are banned in UAE and any public protests generally invite legal action.

'Razakars' were a paramilitary force formed by the Pakistan Army to oppose the independence movement in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh protests turned violent last week after alleged students at Dhaka University started clashing with police.

Mamata Banerjee added that assistance will also be extended to Bangladeshis who came to West Bengal and are facing difficulty in returning home.

A spokesman for one of the student groups stated that the protests in Bangladesh would continue.

In a significant decision, the Bangladesh Supreme Court has scrapped most of the quotas in govt jobs amid violent protests against the reservations for grandchildren of freedom fighters.

Nearly 1,000 Indian students have returned from Bangladesh as anti-quota protests convulse the country, claiming 115 lives thus far.

A major turning point in the anti-Mandal agitation came on 19th September 1990 when a student named Rajeev Goswami set himself on fire in protest.

The agitation over the reinstatement of the 30% quota to the families of the freedom fighters of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War has been ongoing for over a month.