Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad General Secretary Rana Dasgupta on Thursday said that the parishad has no link with the comments made by its suspended organising secretary Priya Saha while meeting with US President Donald Trump.
“Although Priya Saha was one of the organising secretaries of the Oikya Parishad, she didn’t meet with the US president on behalf of the organisation,”
he said at a press briefing at the Jatiya Press Club.
He said, “Whatever she told to the president is solely her own responsibility. There is no connection of the organization with it.”
“Although the incidents of torture and discrimination against the minorities in the country are still going on, it is undeniable that the overall rights situation has improved significantly over the last 10 years,” added Rana Dasgupta.
He said, “For the welfare of the country, we should positively face the problems of the minorities instead of ignoring those.”
In a video clip that went viral on social media on Friday, that Priya Saha was heard telling Trump: “Sir, I’m from Bangladesh … 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians are disappeared. Please help us – for the Bangladeshi people. We want to stay in our country.”
She also said, “There are 18 million minority people. My request is, please help us, we don’t want to leave our country, just help us to stay. I’ve lost my home, they’ve burned my home, they (have) taken away my land, but no judgment (is) yet taken please, please …”
Later, Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad on July 22 suspended Priya Saha from the organisation.
Later, in a video message, Priya Saha explained her position and tried to defend her remarks tagging Abul Barkat’s research findings.
In the video message, Priya Saha claimed that she was a co-researcher of Barkat and she got the statistics from the research work.
