BNP wants to thwart dev through militancy: Hanif

CHANDPUR, Mar 15 (BSS): Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said on Thursday BNP and Jamaat want to stop the ongoing development process by patronising militancy in the country.

"Militants launched an attack on eminent educationalist and writer Professor Dr Zafar Iqbal, and Tareque Zia (BNP leader) is the key planner of the attack...They (BNP-Jamaat) want to hamper the development process in the country through militancy and terrorist activities," he said, speaking at the special extended meeting of local AL on the premises of Chandpur Club here.

AL district unit organised the special extended meeting with its President Nasir Uddin Ahmed in the chair.

AL Advisory Council Member Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, AL Joint Secretary Dr Dipu Moni, Organising Secretary Enamul Haque Shamim, Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, Major (retd.) Rafiqul Islam, MP, AL district unit General Secretary Abu Naim Patwari Dulal and Joint Secretary Advocate Jahirul Islam, among others, addressed the meeting.