Leaders of Ganatantra Mancha and other opposition political parties, in a statement on Saturday, said that the Awami League government was attempting to evade responsibility for the killings of students, involved in quota reform movement, by arresting opposition leaders and activists.
They, however, believed that the government would not succeed in blaming these leaders for the deaths during the students鈥� movement.
Condemning the government鈥檚 actions to suppress the justified movement of students, demanding reforms in the quota system for government jobs, they called for the immediate withdrawal of the curfew, army, and Border Guard Bangladesh.
They also demanded the publication of the number of students and people, killed during the measures taken to control the movement.
The opposition leaders also condemned the police raids on the homes of AB Party member secretary Mojibur Rahman Monju and LDP general secretary Shahadat Hossain Selim.
They also demanded the resignation of the Awami League government, accusing it of killing students and people in the name of controlling the movement.
The signatories to the statement include Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president ASM Abdur Rob, chief of the 12-party Alliance Mostafa Jamal Haider, Nagarik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Revolutionary Workers Party general secretary Saiful Huq, Ganosamhati Andolan chief coordinator Zonayed Saki, Bhashani Onusari Parishad convener Sheikh Rafiqul Islam Bablu, Rastra Sanskar Andolan chief coordinator Hasnat Quaiyum, Gono Forum faction general secretary Subrata Chowdhury, AB Party member secretary Mojibur Rahman Monju, Jatiyatabadi Samamana Jote coordinator Fariduzzaman Farhad, Bangladesh LDP secretary general Shahadat Hossain Selim, NDM chairman Bobby Hazzaz, Jatiya Mukti Council secretary Faiezul Hakim, Gono Odhikar Parishad general secretary Mohammad Rashed Khan, and Gono Odhikar Parishad faction convener Mia Moshiuzzaman.
