Patrons of militants must be ousted from politics: Hasan

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Saturday patrons of militants and killers must be ousted from politics to make the country's political system clean from fair, reports BSS.

"Politicians nurturing the militants and giving shelter to the killers" are responsible for spoiling the politics, he said at a discussion here today.

Bangladesh Chalachhitra League, Film Producer and Distributor Association of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Film Directors Association (BFDA) jointly organised the discussion marking the 44th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) auditorium in city's Tejgaon here.

Terming BNP a political platform of killers, Dr Hasan said, such politics is not possible in any country except Bangladesh. Politicians with such criminal records must have to face trial and would have to leave politics forever in any other country, he said.

The minister said BNP's founder Ziaur Rahman usurp to power through killing, and his killing spree continued even after coming to power and hundreds of army officers became victims of his atrocity.