Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman On Thursday compared former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Kansa, the tyrannical ruler of Mathura, while addressing a Janmashtami event in Dhaka, where he exchanged greetings with members of the Hindu community and distributed honorariums among priests and sebaits.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust jointly organised the programme, which is being attended by leading representatives of the Hindu community, religious leaders, eminent citizens, and priests and sebaits from different parts of the country. “Bangladesh is now again on the path of democracy. The Prime Minister walked from his office at Bangladesh Secretariat to Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital to attend the Janmashtami programme as the chief guest at 10:00 am today. Referring to the story of Lord Krishna’s birth, Tarique Rahman said Sri Krishna was born in Mathura nearly 5,500 years ago when the city was ruled by the tyrannical ruler Kansa.
“Believers of the Hindu faith hold that Sri Krishna ultimately defeated Kansa, vanquished evil and upheld righteousness,” he said. Drawing a parallel with Bangladesh’s political situation, Rahman alleged that “Kansa-like” ruler had deprived people of their democratic rights for over a decade and a half. Without naming former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directly, he said people from different political and social backgrounds had united and made sacrifices to bring down what he described as Kansa-like fascists. With improvement in the economy, fair administration and better law and order, it is now time to rebuild the country,” Tarique Rahman said.
He also urged members of the Hindu community to celebrate Janmashtami and upcoming Durga Puja without fear and in peace and shared Durga Puja greetings in advance.
He said the current government was committed to the security of every citizen.
