Sycophancy, Bangladesh style
The comments made by the Bangladesh minister on the inhuman torture of our citizens by the BSF took the nation by surprise. While the video clip shook the Indian media by storm, our minister tried to downplay the gravity of the issue by terming it as an 'ordinary' incident at the border. If the incident was an 'ordinary' one, why the Indian authorities deplored the same and suspended the culprits, will the minister please explain? Even an influential daily Hindu asked for unconditional apology from the Indian government.
By dancing to the tune of the Indian minister Pranab Mukherjee what message did our minister want to convey to the Indians, we don't know. But, certainly, he as a responsible person, failed to echo the national sentiment on the incident. The barbarism of BSF to our citizens knew no bounds only because of the weak-kneed attitude of the responsible persons in the government. The government has already protested to India about the incident, therefore, a responsible person's comment on the incident as 'ordinary' was contradictory.
The horrible sight of dead Felani hanging on the barbed wire, earlier killed by the barbaric BSF, still looms in our memory. We want to convey our message to all concerned that such incidents must be stopped which are clear violation of human rights and, which, India being a democratic country should not allow to happen.
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