Rangpur Correspondent

The anti-discrimination student movement’s demonstration and protest rally in held Rangpur against the insults of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in India.

Speakers from the rally accused India's ruling party leaders of inciting religious hatred and spreading sectarian violence with inflammatory speeches.

On Thursday, a protest march was taken out from Lalbagh area of Rangpur city under the banner of anti-discrimination student movement.

The procession passed through Khamar intersection, Beacon Intersection, Chartala intersection, Shapla Chattar, Grand Hotel intersection and reached Press Club Square and ended with a road meeting.

It is noted that, recently Maharashtra priest Ramgiri Maharaj and BJP MP Nitesh Narayan made provocative comments about Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in India. In the protest rally the students raised their strong voices against Ramgiri Maharaj and the BJP MP Nitesh Narayan and demanded their exemplary punishment.

At the end of the protest rally, the leaders of the student movement said that the unduly ugly comments about the sages of any religion must be an act of low mentality. The leaders of India's ruling party have been making provocative comments one after another, denigrating Muslims and Islam without restraint. There is a danger of social and religious harmony being destroyed due to such comments. We strongly condemn and protest their tasteless comments and demand justice. They have to apologize for the ugly comments made about our heartbeat Muhammad (PBUH). We feel that such exaggeration, provocative comments and interference in any religion is not desirable. At this time, the leaders of the student movement demanded an official condemnation from Bangladesh and said that the interim government should take the initiative to condemn such controversial leaders of India.

Anti-Discrimination Student Movement Rangpur representative Imran Ahmed, Sajjad Hossain, Muhammad Rajimuzzaman Hriday, Nahid Hasan Khandkar, Hamim Muntasir Ahan, Imtiaz Imti, Ali Hossain Saif, Rifat Hasan and others spoke in the protest rally.