Republican Donald Trump, who is running again for the White House, has strongly condemned the violence against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.
鈥業 strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos,鈥� Trump wrote in X, formerly Twitter.
鈥業t would have never happened on my watch. Kamala and Joe have ignored Hindus across the world and in America. They have been a disaster from Israel to Ukraine to our own Southern Border, but we will make America strong again and bring back peace through strength!鈥� wrote the 78-year-old former US president.
鈥榃e will also protect Hindu Americans against the anti-religion agenda of the radical left. We will fight for your freedom. Under my administration, we will also strengthen our great partnership with India and my good friend prime minister Modi,鈥� Trump said in his message.
Meanwhile, Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey, recently appointed as an ambassador of Bangladesh, thanked Donald Trump for acknowledging the importance of protecting minorities wherever they are, regardless of their religion.
鈥楬owever, fact-checking is essential to understand the real situation on the ground,鈥� he said in a reply to Trump through his X handle.
Ansarey also shared a 鈥榝act-checking鈥� report of Sweden-based news organisation Netra News that sheds light on what is being circulated by certain vested groups regarding Bangladesh.
Chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday said that what Donald Trump thought about the events in Bangladesh 鈥榙id obviously matter鈥�, stressing that their task in the government was to tell the truth.
鈥楬e [Trump] may soon become the leader of the free world. But our task is to tell our truth in the most transparent and compelling way possible,鈥� Shafiqul said.
From the onset, he said that chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 strategy was to invite all foreign journalists, researchers and experts to visit Bangladesh.
鈥楲et them discover Bangladesh in their own way, for we are confident of our society, our people, our country,鈥� he said.
The press secretary referred to Netra News as a most respected investigative news outlet on Bangladesh, which did an 鈥榚xcellent piece鈥� of journalism.
鈥業t shattered some of the lies propagated by the umbrella minority group, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council,鈥� he said through his verified Facebook account.
Shafiqul said that they knew the group鈥檚 claims played a big part in building the false narrative on the revolution, especially on the violence targeting minority communities.
鈥榃e don鈥檛 deny that some religiously motivated violence didn鈥檛 take place. But they were isolated incidents and even then hugely exaggerated. Lies don鈥檛 trigger a revolution 鈥� you have to give credit to the collective intelligence of the people,鈥� said the press secretary.
鈥榊ou have to respect them as individuals and people. Momentarily, those motivated groups might win. But soon they will realise that their narrative does not have any legs. No amount of social media boosting or banners on New York public transport system and vans can then help their cause,鈥� he said.