South Asian Media Net
Govt trying to reestablish BKSAL rule
Sunday, February 14, 2010
DHAKA: Senior leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said in the name of combing operation, the government was trying to implement its one-party BKSAL rule harassing the political leaders and workers throughout the country.
They were addressing a protest rally at Muktangon, organised by Dhaka City Unit of BNP. Speakers demanded trial of the killers of Haji Ahammad Hossain, president of Dhaka City Unit (South) of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal and DCC councillor.
BNP standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Brigadier General (retd) ASM Hannan Shah and Rafiqul Islam Miah, opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque and Jubo Dal leaders addressed the rally.
DCC mayor and BNP vice-chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka presided over the rally. They blamed the government for discriminatory attitude in dealing with miscreants.
They said the government is desperate to nab those responsible for killing Rajshahi University (RU) student Faruk Hossain avoiding the arrest of those responsible for the killing of Ahammad Hossain, Dhaka University (DU) student Abu Bakar and also others.
Khandaker Mosharraf said that Ahammad Hossain was killed in a pre-planned way to weaken the BNP of Dhaka city unit ahead of the DCC elections.
"Government has launched a massive crackdown not only on the leaders and workers of BNP of the city but also elsewhere of the country," Mosharraf said.
He said it was the sign of one-party BKSAL's character as the government since its assumption has started harassing the opposition leaders and workers.
"Had the government been neutral, it would have taken action against the killers of Ahammad Hossain, DU student Abu Bakar, JASAS leader Amirul Islam Mintu and Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) leader BM Bakir Hossain," Mosharraf said.
Moudud Ahmed said the people of the country were witnessing the repression in the style of 1972-1975. "As the government doesn't want to see us in Parliament, the home minister made such abusive and indecent remarks about Shaheed president Ziaur Rahman intentionally," the former law minister said.
Expressing disappointment over the role of the Speaker, he said that they hoped that the he (Speaker) would expunge such abusive and indecent remarks at his own initiative.
"But he (speaker) didn't exercise his due role. We want a Speaker, who will expunge such abusive and indecent remarks," Moudud said.
He was doubtful whether it would be possible to establish 'rule of law' unless the government changes its attitude.
Hannan Shah said people don't feel secured under the present government. "As the government has been repressing BNP leaders and workers, it would not take more time for its fall," he said.
Rafiqul Islam Mia said the government wants to suppress the BNP by influencing the courts.
"Politics doesn't run according to the court verdict rather the people's verdict. Politics is not controlled by the court. It is controlled by the people," he said.
He said through the killing of DCC ward councillor, government wouldn't be benefited in the upcoming DCC elections. "Nobody from the government side enquired about the family members of Abu Bakar. But when a worker of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Faruk Hossain was killed, the state minister for home flew to Rajshahi by helicopter. It is a total discrimination," he observed.
Zainul Abdin said when Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim was in custody during the army backed caretaker government his confessional statement was recorded under 164, where he (Selim) termed Sheikh Hasina as a notorious extortionist.
"And now Selim has been making indecent remark and abusive language about Shaheed president Ziaur Rahman, for becoming one of the cabinet members of Hasina's government," he said.
all this has convinced me that these Indian backed goons were the real culprits who killed innocent people in the past in east Pakistan.
