New Delhi: India has perked up its ears after a statement by Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Naib-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher regarding revenge for the defeat in the 1971 Liberation War. The deputy chief of the JeI(B) also spoke of ‘Ghazwatul Hind’, or a “Holy War” against India, much on the lines of terror outfits in Pakistan.

At least 5 million youth will participate in this war against India, Taher said at a public reception held by the Bangladesh American Association (COBA) in New York on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT

“Many say that if Jamaat comes to power, India may attack. I say, I pray that they enter. This will erase the bad name that was imposed on us in 1971. We will then have the opportunity to prove ourselves as true freedom fighters,” he said.

He also claimed that if India

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