Govt trying to save Latif Siddique from public wrath: Fakhrul

The BNP-led 20-party alliance alleged Wednesday that the government is trying to create smokescreen over its stand on Abdul Latif Siddique to escape public wrath, reports UNB.
"The government is trying to create a smokescreen over its stand on (Abdul) Latif Siddique to save itself from public wrath over a very sensitive issue (Latif's anti-Islamic comments)," said 20-party spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
He further said that the government earlier resorted to various ploys to confuse people over the matter. There was no clear statement from the government over Latif Siddique as it is again trying to mislead people.
Mirza Fakhrul, also BNP's acting secretary general, came up with the remarks at a press briefing at the BNP's Nayapaltan central office.
The briefing was held to inform the reporters of the decisions of a meeting of the top leaders of the 20-party alliance held Tuesday night at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office.
Mirza Fakhrul said the 20-party meeting strongly condemned Latif Siddique's remarks over Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) and the holy Hajj, one of the five basic pillars of Islam, and Tabligh Jamaat.
Terming the remarks highly derogatory and quite unimaginable, the 20-party leaders said Latif Siddique has seriously hurt the religious sentiments and belief of crores of Muslims across the world.