The minority Hindu population in Bangladesh became the target of violence shortly after Sheikh Hasina abruptly resigned as prime minister and left the nation in a military plane bound for India.According to the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC), a lot of Hindu houses and businesses suffered vandalism between Monday and Tuesday, and many temples sustained damage. Additionally, there were reports of Hindu temples being vandalised; protesters specifically targeted an ISKCON and a Kali temple in Bangladesh.
Following Hasina's removal, attacks on Hindus brought attention to the religious makeup of the nation (Hindus account for approximately 8% of Bangladesh's population) as well as General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who established Islam as the official religion of Bangladesh. Notably, Sheikh Hasina reaffirmed Islam as the official state religion while also restoring secularism as one of the foundational tenets of Bangladesh's constitution in 2011. In light of the current political and social unrest plaguing this Southeast Asian nation, let us examine General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in more detail.
General Hussain Mohammad Ershad, who passed away in July 2019, seized power in Bangladesh in a bloodless coup in 1982, just 11 years after the country's independence from Pakistan, and ruled it for the majority of the 1980s and early 1990s.Remarkably, he is the only person in Bangladeshi political slang who is called “the dictator,” despite the fact that sinc.