Staff Reporter :
Awami League leader Obaidul Quader has said Priya Saha will face action for sedition after her controversial remarks to US President Donald Trump about the alleged persecution of religious minorities in Bangladesh.
“Priya Saha’s allegation was absolutely false. No one will agree with her. A sedition case will be filed against her. The process is underway,” he said while talking to reporters at the Awami League’s political office in Dhanmondi on Saturday.
Quader continued, “Even the American ambassador said this type of statement has no basis. Bangladesh is enjoying fantastic communal harmony.”
On whether there will be any action against Saha, the Awami League general secretary said, “Of course. As a Bangladeshi national, she has made false, purposeful and treasonous remarks. We must take measures against her and are in the process of doing so.”
Priya Saha, a Bangladeshi national, participated in the Second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held at the US Department of State in Washington, DC on July 16-18. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen also attended the meeting.
Delegates from 106 countries, including about 40 Foreign Ministers, took part in the meeting at the invitation of Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State.
Priya Saha, one of the organising secretaries of Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad, was seen telling US President Donald Trump, among other things, that 37 million Hindu, Buddhist and Christian people have been disappeared from Bangladesh.
She also told President Trump that her land has been grabbed by Muslim fundamentalists and sought his help so that Hindu, Buddhist and Christian people can live in Bangladesh.
