Indian Americans are lobbying the new Trump administration and Congress next year to demand action against the Bangladeshi regime, including imposing economic sanctions, a prominent regional leader said.
Indian-American physician Dr. Bharat Barai is encouraged by President-elect Donald Trump’s recent statements on Bangladesh, and after Trump became the 47th president, he has spoken out about the persecution of the Hindu minority in South Asian countries. He exuded confidence that he would take action. of the United States.
“He (President Trump) has made bold statements about the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh and the desecration of Hindu temples. If the situation does not improve, we may consider economic sanctions,” Barai said in an interview with PTI. He’s a bold person.” Added.
Barai, who was in Washington to attend the annual Diwali celebrations at the Capitol, attended by more than 20 U.S. lawmakers and Indian Americans from across the country, spoke of community members calling for action against Bangladeshis. He said he is actively working to lobby the new administration and Congress. Including possible economic sanctions.
“What will the people of Bangladesh eat if exports of clothing, which account for 80 percent of Bangladesh’s business, stop?” He said the interim government of Bangladesh, led by Muhammad Yunus, was nothing more than a puppet controlled by the military. I asked insistently. “The army is actually in control of the country,” he added.
Barai expressed hope that such pressure would lead to recognition to end the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh. “As Hindu Americans, we will petition Congress to act if Bangladesh does not correct its behavior,” he said.
He also called on the Indian government to take up the issue with Bangladesh and consider imposing sanctions if persecution continues. “If India continues to harass Hindus and minorities, India should also impose sanctions on them,” he said.
In a statement days before the Nov. 5 general election, President Trump condemned attacks on Hindus in violently hit Bangladesh.
“I strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities being attacked and pillaged by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in total chaos,” Trump said in a statement.
“That would never have happened on my watch. Kamala and Joe have ignored Hindus around the world and in America. They have wrought disaster from Israel to Ukraine to our southern border. We will make America strong again and restore peace.”Strength.”
“We will also protect Hindu Americans from the anti-religious policies of the radical left. We will fight for your freedoms. Under my administration,” he said.
Barai said many people are talking about outside interference in overthrowing Bangladesh’s democratically elected government. “Right now, there are divisions among Muslims. Some think that the Democratic Party in both Pakistan and Bangladesh orchestrated this coup in their own countries,” he said.
He named figures such as George Soros and Peter Omidyar and suggested they were part of a broader plan to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and promote Rahul Gandhi.
“You will remember that when President Trump visited India about three-and-a-half years ago, there were riots organized to coincide with his visit, especially in Delhi,” he said.
He also expressed frustration with the influence of the “ultra-left woke lobby” and said he hoped they would come to their senses, be sidelined or “put in their proper place.”
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