Guwahati, Oct 27: Some political leaders of Bangladesh are trying to make a communal issue of the evictions taking place in the forest areas of Assam in a bid to put pressure on India, State minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said.
Talking to The Assam Tribune, the State forest and finance minister said that Bangladesh Opposition leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman, who is also the Ameer-e-Jamaat (chief) of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, made communal statements regarding the recent evictions in the Lutumari reserve forest in Nagaon district, and also tried to make it an international issue.
Mallabaruah alleged that at present, India has very cordial relations with a number of Islamic countries, including the Middle East countries, but the Jamaat of Bangladesh is trying to create differences between India and the Islamic countries with baseless statements regarding the evictions.
To read the full article, subscribe to our e-paper here https://l1nq.com/lhpdfi2