Call for ban on Jamaat, Shibir
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Speakers at a roundtable today called upon the government to ban the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir to stop the politics of 'communalism and killing', reports BSS.
Demanding immediate beginning of the trial of war criminals, they also said time has come to take a final decision to ban the politics of Jamaat-Shibir who are doing politics of killing in the name of democratic rights.
Shamprodaikota Jongibad Birodhi Mancha (SJBM) organised the roundtable on 'national unity for trial of war criminals' at the Liberation War Museum in the city.
Deputy Speaker in Parliament M Shawkat Ali attended the roundtable as the chief guest while Sector Commanders' Forum General Secretary Harun-or-Rashid and Prof Syed Anwar Hossain of Dhaka University as the special guests. Coordinator of SJBM Ajoy Roy chaired the roundtable.
Shawkat Ali called for national unity to ensure the trial of war criminals, saying there is no major headway in this regard to date. "We must conduct the trial as the people have given us mandate for that," he said.
He said the government is going ahead with the issue very carefully which might seem to be slow. "The campaign to build public opinion in favour of trying war criminals must continue," said the Deputy Speaker.
Harun-or-Rashid urged the authorities concerned to complete the trial process remaining above any controversy.
The SCF secretary general said the 1971 war criminals who already got established in business and politics are trying to mount pressure on the government both nationally and internationally to bar it from holding the trial.
"A national consensus is a must in this regard," said Prof Anwar giving some instances of India and Britain in resolving their national issues.
He termed it a big challenge for the Awami League-led grand alliance government as it was their election pledge.
Among others, Presidium member of Gonoforum Pankaj Bhattacharya and Member-Secretary of SJBM Dr Noor Mohammad Talukder also addressed the meeting.
Demanding immediate beginning of the trial of war criminals, they also said time has come to take a final decision to ban the politics of Jamaat-Shibir who are doing politics of killing in the name of democratic rights.
Shamprodaikota Jongibad Birodhi Mancha (SJBM) organised the roundtable on 'national unity for trial of war criminals' at the Liberation War Museum in the city.
Deputy Speaker in Parliament M Shawkat Ali attended the roundtable as the chief guest while Sector Commanders' Forum General Secretary Harun-or-Rashid and Prof Syed Anwar Hossain of Dhaka University as the special guests. Coordinator of SJBM Ajoy Roy chaired the roundtable.
Shawkat Ali called for national unity to ensure the trial of war criminals, saying there is no major headway in this regard to date. "We must conduct the trial as the people have given us mandate for that," he said.
He said the government is going ahead with the issue very carefully which might seem to be slow. "The campaign to build public opinion in favour of trying war criminals must continue," said the Deputy Speaker.
Harun-or-Rashid urged the authorities concerned to complete the trial process remaining above any controversy.
The SCF secretary general said the 1971 war criminals who already got established in business and politics are trying to mount pressure on the government both nationally and internationally to bar it from holding the trial.
"A national consensus is a must in this regard," said Prof Anwar giving some instances of India and Britain in resolving their national issues.
He termed it a big challenge for the Awami League-led grand alliance government as it was their election pledge.
Among others, Presidium member of Gonoforum Pankaj Bhattacharya and Member-Secretary of SJBM Dr Noor Mohammad Talukder also addressed the meeting.