Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Birendra Nath Maitra, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Hindu League, said, fallen ruling party Awami League has caused 90 percent harm of the Hindu community of the country.
"I want to tell you all that if the Hindu community in Bangladesh has suffered any harm, at least 90 percent of that harm has been caused by the Awami League.
There was once a system of reservation for Hindus-separate elections with reserved seats-but it was the Awami League that abolished it," Birendra Nath said.
He made these remarks on Sunday at a discussion meeting organized at the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall of the National Press Club on the occasion of the 139th birth anniversary of language movement hero and martyr Dhirendranath Dutt.
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