The Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Wednesday that the Awami League leaders and activists were carrying out various kinds of campaigns by organising dramas out of communal attacks in a planned manner.
鈥楾hey [AL] want to show that the people of the Hindu community in Bangladesh are being persecuted. One or two incidents can happen. But our party people are always working to prevent such attempts to attack on any religious minorities,鈥� BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said while talking to reporters at his residence in the Kalibari area of Thakurgaon.
鈥楢 few days ago, news spread that people of the Hindu community were leaving Bangladesh in the border area of Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon. But I saw that the news was a drama arranged by the Awami League as those who tried to leave had nothing in their hands. There was no family with them,鈥� he said.
He said that he would appeal to the people of the Hindu community not to lend an ear to rumours or be influenced by anyone.
鈥榃e always stand by your [religious minorities] side. We work with you, and we will continue to work with you,鈥� he said.
鈥業t is our responsibility to ensure that harmony should not be destroyed here, and any kind of chaos should not be created between Hindus and Muslims or others,鈥� he said.
He said that students across the country, including Thakurgaon, played a major role in this movement against discrimination to oust the Awami League.
Later, Fakhrul visited the grave of Abu Sayed, who was killed by police firing during the student protest demanding reform of the quota system in government jobs.
He visited Abu Sayed鈥檚 grave at Jafarpara Babanpur village of Madankhali union of Pirganj in Rangpur.
After visiting the grave, Fakhrul said that the Awami League government had fallen due to its misrule and corruption.
鈥楤angladesh became independent again after the sacrifice of Abu Sayed and others who were killed during the movement. Their sacrifices are not to be forgotten,鈥� he said.
Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, was killed by police firing during the student quota reform movement.
鈥極ur responsibility is to re-establish democracy in independent Bangladesh resisting all conspiracies. I would like to urge the countrymen to assist the interim government to create a congenial atmosphere for elections,鈥� he said.
Trials of the murderers who killed innocent students and people must be held on the soil of Bangladesh, he said, adding that good governance will be established if murderers are brought to justice.