Issuing a strong warning to Tarique Rahman for his derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina advised BNP chief Khaleda Zia Wednesday to ask her spoiled son to hold his tongue, report agencies.
"I would like to tell the BNP chief, ask your spoiled son to hold his tongue," the PM said this while addressing a discussion at Bangladesh Krishibid Institution.
Awami League organised the discussion marking the Victory Day with party presidium member and deputy leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair.
Hasina, also the president of the ruling party, came up with the remarks in reaction to BNP senior vice president Tarique Rahman's remarks at a programme in London that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a 'great Razakar'.
Without mentioning Tarique's name, Hasina said people across the world, let alone those of Bangladesh, will not believe what he is uttering.
Bemoaning that she feels hatred in talking anything about him (Tarique), the PM said he is uttering indecent words constantly from London.
Hasina said Tarique making a terrible blunder as he is ignorant. "Had he been educated, had he read history, then he could have told the truth," she said.
Saying that he (Tarique) turned beast because of his ignorance, the PM mentioned that he is now talking like a beast. "And the people of Bangladesh know it very well how to teach a beast a good lesson. The human like animal should get its due lesson and the people of the country will do that Inshallah."
Tarique Rahman has been served with a legal notice for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'Razakar'.
Md Momtaz Uddin, former secretary of the Supreme Court lawyer's association, posted the letters to his mother BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's office on Wednesday.
The letter threatened Rahman with legal action if he did not withdraw his remarks and apologise to the nation within seven days.
"You are not a matured politician and also have no knowledge of history even though you are the BNP's senior vice chairman," the letter said.
