

India’s Citizenship Act and the national Register of Citizenship does not confer citizenship on the Bengali immigrants at par with non-muslim refugees. Broken promises indicate that India looks to its own interest. A raft of issues from water disputes to religious tension mask mistrust in the relationship. The Holy Quran was found resting on the thigh of a Hanuman statue in a Durga Puja pandal near a pond in Comilla called Nanua Dighi.

The protests were sparked over an allegation of desecration of the Holy Quran in a temple. Protests in Chittagong, Comilla and elsewhere left 10 dead, besides loss of property.
