{"id":8582,"date":"2016-06-19T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T20:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=8579&amp;preview_id=8579"},"modified":"2016-06-19T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T20:43:53","slug":"attack-on-hindus-bangladesh-lawyer-says-he-has-not-sought-modis-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=8582","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Hindus: Bangladesh lawyer says he has not sought Modi\u2019s help | The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A Bangladeshi lawyer has clarified that contrary to reports, he has not sought Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/profile\/politician\/narendra-modi\/\">Narendra Modi<\/a>\u2019s help to take up the issue of safety and security of Hindus in Bangladesh with the government here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-details\">\n<p>\u201cThe report published in different media quoting me as saying I sought Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s intervention to ensure Bangladesh\u2019s minority communities\u2019 security is not true,\u201d Advocate Rana Dashgupta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no stage I made any comment pointing out the name of the Indian Premier and seeking his intervention to overcome the existing situation,\u201d Dashgupta, also the General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly believe it is the responsibility of the State and Government of Bangladesh to ensure the security of Bangladesh\u2019s people,\u201d Dashgupta said.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has recently witnessed a series of brutal attacks on minority Hindus, secular rights activists and bloggers by suspected Islamists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/world-news\/attack-on-hindus-bangladesh-lawyer-says-he-has-not-sought-modis-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attack on Hindus: Bangladesh lawyer says he has not sought Modi\u2019s help | The Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bangladeshi lawyer has clarified that contrary to reports, he has not sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s help to take up the issue of safety and security of Hindus in Bangladesh with the government here. \u201cThe report published in different media quoting me as saying I sought Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s intervention to ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[805,153,1152,66,1285],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}