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Tripura BJP holds protest near Bangladesh diplomatic mission over vandalism at Rabindranath's ancestral home
The BJP continues to hit the streets in Agartala over reported violence and vandalism at the ancestral home of Nobel-laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh's Sirajganj district. Hundreds of party supporters led by the party's State president and Rajya Sabha member, Rajib Bhattacharjee, held protests near the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission (AHC) on Monday (June 16, 2025) demanding the resignation of the country's interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus.
BJP supporters shouted 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Rabindranath lives in our heart' as a large contingent of security personnel stopped them at least 300 meters away from the AHC. Central forces were deployed inside and on the approach road leading to the Bangladesh mission as authorities wanted strict security measures in place in view of vandalism carried out in this Bangladesh diplomatic office last year.
The BJP earlier organised a road march to the Agartala Integrated Check Post (ICP) and held a torch rally in the city in protest against alleged vandalism at Rabindranath's ancestral property Kutcherybari, which is now a museum. The Bangladesh government has recently claimed a few arrests have been made in the case and investigation has been ordered into the 'untoward incident that occurred at Kutcherybari as a result of a local dispute'.
'This Yunus government is powered by extremist elements and is taking no action against the perpetrators of attacks on minorities. The attack on Rabindranath's ancestral home is the latest of endless targeted violence under the full watch of the interim government', Mr. Bhattacharjee told journalists.
The protest ended peacefully, but organisers announced they would hold another series of protests if the situation concerning minorities in Bangladesh remains unchanged.
