Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Saturday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to clarify which country is conspiring to create a Christian state taking parts of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) and Myanmar's Rakhine, reports UNB.
Addressing a sit-in programme, he also expressed scepticism about whether any foreign nation actually approached the Prime Minister with such an offer or if it was merely a fabricated story.
The Jatiyatabadi Motor Chalak Dal organised the programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the unconditional release of BNP leaders and activists, including its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and the withdrawal of false cases against Tarique Rahman.
"You (PM) had earlier said they (US) wanted Saint Martin's Island from me, but I didn't agree to it…then the US said we didn't want even an inch of Bangladesh's land, let alone Saint Martin's. Then they (PM) didn't say that again," Manna said.
He said the Prime Minister now made up a story saying that she was offered a proposal by a white-skinned man to create a new Christian state, taking a portion from Myanmar's Rakhine and another from the CHT.
The Nagorik Oikya leader questioned, "Who has given her the proposal? It won't do to say just any white-skinned person, as the British, Europeans, Canadians, and Japanese all have white skin… you need to specify which white-skinned individual has given you this proposal."
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