New Delhi: Dhakai Jamdani sarees were torched at a protest organised in Kolkata on Sunday (December 9) against the alleged atrocities against the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.
The protest, organised by the Bengali Hindu Suraksha Committee and held at the Salt Lake international bus terminus in Kolkata called for the boycott of Bangladeshi goods, reported the Press Trust of India.
“We condemn the continuous targeting of Hindus in Bangladesh and the hate-driven narratives against India. We will not sit idle and with burning the Jamdani sarees, we urge people to boycott Bangladeshi products,” said one of the protesters.
Bangladeshi traders targeted in Durgapur
Another similar incident was witnessed in West Bengal’s Durgapur on Sunday when protests erupted at the Durgapur Mahotsav wherein two traders had put up stalls with Bangladesh flags to sell sarees, reported The Times of India.
The photos of the flags put up on the stalls were removed after the BJP under the leadership of local party leader Lakhan Ghorui held protests but the situation remained tense.
“We came from Narayanganj, Bangladesh, to sell sarees after discussing with the fair committee. Our banner for the sarees had a symbol of the Bangladeshi flag. We were told to remove it, so we removed it and complied without any issues,” said Samsur Rahaman, one of the traders.
Prabir Ghoshal, a member of the fair committee said that he told the traders to take down the banner as such action will not be tolerated.
