Hizb ut-Tahrir, one of the banned outfits in Bangladesh, has called for scrapping of India-Bangladesh military deal recently signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Posters and pamphlets were distributed late night in Dhaka’s Gulshan area, where ISIS strikes took place in 2016.
The documents, written by Hizb ul-Tahrir, in possession of THE WEEK, says, “Muslim brothers, Bangladesh's defence deal with India is illegitimate. Just oppose it, refuse it, stand against it to block the deal at any cost.”
Modi and Hasina signed agreements for 22 deals, including a $500 million line of credit for Bangladesh .
The organisation believed that the present government in India is a “killer of Muslims”.
“Allah has asked us not to make any kind of arrangement with the Kafir. So the need of the hour is to block the deal.”
The organisation, established in late 2000, supported a coup attempt by a section of Bangladesh army in 2011. It has a significant support base among the educated class of Bangladesh and has preached a path similar to neo-JMB in Bangladesh. Though it has not allied with JMB yet, Hizb ut-Tahrir had established its presence by killing one Hindu blogger in Bangladesh’s Dhaka—Ananta Bijoy Das.
The organisation calls India imperialist. The organisation also alleged that USA played the role of mediator between India and Bangladesh.
“US meddled in the deal. We will not accept such mediatory role. India will have to stop its imperialist behaviour.”
Hizb ut-Tahrir confirmed that it was working for a caliphate in Bangladesh and it would also try to convert the entire India into an Islamic state as it has opened its branch in India as well, mainly in West Bengal.
Asked to reply about the posters being spread in Dhaka, Bangladesh police commissioner Asadujjaman Mia said, “We will deal with it.”
