Violence is being carried out in Bangladesh targeting Hindus; Vivek Ramaswami expressed concern


Former Republican presidential candidate in the US Vivek Ramaswamy has spoken out strongly against the attacks on the Hindu minority community during the recent political turmoil in Bangladesh following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Condemning the violence, Ramaswamy said that there has been a long-standing dispute in Bangladesh over the quota system. This has led to violence and atrocities against Hindus.

Ramaswami wrote on Twitter, “The targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh is wrong and worrying. It is a warning to the quota system there.” Talking about reservation, Ramaswami said that it was implemented after the 1971 war. This was the time when Bangladesh got independence from Pakistan.

He said, “Bangladesh fought a bloody war for its independence in 1971. Millions of Bangladeshi citizens were raped and murdered. It was a tragedy and rightly mourned. But then Bangladesh introduced a quota system for jobs in its civil service. 80% of jobs were reserved for war veterans, rape victims, underrepresented people. Only 20% were allocated on the basis of merit.”

Political turmoil in Bangladesh reached a peak on August 5 when 76-year-old Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country by helicopter to India as protesters took over the streets of Dhaka, marking a dramatic end to her 15-year rule marred by allegations of human rights abuses. The weeks leading up to her ouster were bloody, with more than 450 people killed.

“The quota system proved to be a disaster,” Ramaswami claimed, pointing to 2018 protests that led Bangladesh to scrap most quotas but reintroduce them in 2024. The Indian-origin politician warned that such systems designed to correct past wrongs could inadvertently continue cycles of violence.

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