BCL's attack on female JCD leaders a cowardly act: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi described on Wednesday the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)'s attacks on female leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Dhaka University campus as a cowardly act, reports UNB.
"The Prime Minister has made Chhatra League men cowards, terrorists and extortionists. The way Chhatra League cadres attacked the female students at Dhaka University yesterday (Tuesday) was a cowardly act," he said.
Rizvi came up with the remarks while speaking at a human chain programme organised by Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office in the city, protesting what it said issuing a death threat to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
BNP said the prime minister's recently reported remark that Khaleda should be pushed into the river from the Padma Bridge is tantamount to a death threat.
The Awami League, however, said BNP is misinterpreting the PM's remark.
Rizvi wondered how the leaders and activists of the ruling party student body could beat JCD female leaders as students should have a sense of humanity.
"I visited a hospital yesterday (Tuesday) where Mansura and Trina (JCD female leaders) were groaning in pain. They are students of Dhaka University," the BNP leader said.
He said the videos on the attacks on the female JCD leaders have gone viral on social media. "No one but cowards can hit girls in this brutal way."
The BNP leader said many other JCD leaders and activists were also beaten by the BCL leaders and activists on the DU campus. "Of them, Rashed and Afsan are in critical condition."