It demands electoral road map, action against fascists
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that the country would face an uncertain future if justice for mass killing incidents during the July-August mass uprising was not ensured.
The party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, addressing an emergency press conference at its central office at Naya Paltan in Dhaka, said that the offenders involved in mass killings must be tried to uphold the rule of law and justice.
He said that justice could not be ensured merely by arresting the accused persons, detaining them, or keeping them outside the country.
He said that if strict actions were not taken immediately against the fascists鈥� collaborators, defeating deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 accomplices would again become difficult.
He announced rallies and processions across the country to press home the party鈥檚 demands including the announcement of an electoral roadmap for a smooth transition to democracy, actions to confront the conspiracies of fallen fascist Sheikh Hasina, and keeping the prices of daily essentials affordable.
The programmes would take place in districts and metropolitan cities between February 11 and the beginning of Ramadan.
Citing newspaper reports that 572 Awami League leaders and their associates were granted bail in cases related to attacks and killings
during the mass uprising, Rizvi demanded an explanation from the government on how the accused persons in mass killing cases were securing bail.
He said that it was important for the government to prioritise steps that would ease people鈥檚 sufferings and exclude less important issues from the government鈥檚 鈥榬oadmap of action plan鈥�.
鈥楽ince assuming power on August 8, the interim government has failed to show the necessary strictness in arresting and trying the Awami League miscreants responsible for mass killings,鈥� Rizvi alleged.
He also alleged that Sheikh Hasina, the 鈥榤other of fascism,鈥� fled to India on August 5, 2024, amid the uprising and provoking further instability in Bangladesh by releasing conspiratorial audio recordings.
At her instigation, Awami League leaders and activists have begun secret attacks, surprise processions, and mass mobilisation across the country, he said.
Accusing former Gazipur mayor Jahangir Alam as one of the master planners of AL鈥檚 new project, Rizvi alleged that AL miscreants launched a brutal attack on students and people in Gazipur, chanting the slogan 鈥楯oy Bangla鈥� and over 15 people were seriously injured in the attack.
The BNP leader said that former IGP Benazir Ahmed held a conspiratorial meeting with the
followers of the fascist AL regime in a virtual conference. 鈥業t is a major failure of the government that such a dangerous man is yet to be arrested.鈥�
Rizvi also alleged that Hasina鈥檚 followers were still staying in the secretariat and controlling the police, the administration and the courts.