Pol leaders join voices against Jamaat, demand trial of war criminals
Monday, 5 November 2007
Leaders of different political parties, including Awami League (AL), Sunday joined their voices against Jamaat-e-Islami and urged the caretaker government (CG) to try the war criminals under the emergency power rules (EPR), reports UNB.
They described the war criminals as the worst garbage of the country and demanded the government take immediate initiatives to free the country from the trashes.
The demands came from a discussion marking the 'Jail Killing Day' in the auditorium of Engineers' Institute. Awami League organised the discussion with party acting president Zillur Rahman in the chair.
The politicians urged the countrymen to remain united and ready for further war like that of 1971 to fight against the war criminals to restore democracy.
Speaking on the occasion, Zillur Rahman demanded release of detained AL president Sheikh Hasina terming the cases filed against her as illegal, false and motivated. "We'll free Sheikh Hasina through legal process," he asserted. The AL leader asked the government to take effective measures to control the prices of essentials.
AL presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury said the whole nation was now united against Jamaat and demanded the government try them for their anti-state activities.
Another AL presidium member Abdur Razzaq demanded of the government to file cases on sedition charges against the war criminals.
"Bangabandhu had prohibited the war criminals from politics but Gen Ziaur Rahman rehabilitated them in politics, but now time has come to try and hang them," Razzaq told the meeting.
AL leader Tofail Ahmed said the whole nation was now united against those who opposed the country's independence. "Now it's time to declare a war against them." Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon also urged the government to file cases against the war criminals with sedition charges.
Menon termed the war criminals as the worst garbage of the country and asked the CG to cleanse it to build a country free from war criminals.
JSD president Hasanul Huq Inu urged the government to arrest those who were against the country's Liberation War and said they did not want the war criminals to contest the upcoming general election.
AL presidium member Suranjit Sengupta urged the government to file cases against war criminals under the EPR to help establish real democracy.
CPB general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim demanded restoration of the constitution of 1972 to establish a non-communal Bangladesh and unite the nation against the war criminals.
The discussion was addressed, among others, by AL presidium member Begum Motia Chowdhury, Shyammobadi Dal chief Nurul Islam, NAP leader MA Gani, AL leader and former Army chief Maj Gen (retd) KM Shafiullah, Gono Forum leader Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, Justice KM Sobhan, AL leader Khairuzzaman Liton, also son of slain national leader Kamruzzaman, and AL leader Asaduzzaman Noor.
All the speakers at the discussion demanded the government take effective steps to execute the court verdicts against the killers of Bangbanbandhu and four national leaders to remove the stigma of the nation.
They described the war criminals as the worst garbage of the country and demanded the government take immediate initiatives to free the country from the trashes.
The demands came from a discussion marking the 'Jail Killing Day' in the auditorium of Engineers' Institute. Awami League organised the discussion with party acting president Zillur Rahman in the chair.
The politicians urged the countrymen to remain united and ready for further war like that of 1971 to fight against the war criminals to restore democracy.
Speaking on the occasion, Zillur Rahman demanded release of detained AL president Sheikh Hasina terming the cases filed against her as illegal, false and motivated. "We'll free Sheikh Hasina through legal process," he asserted. The AL leader asked the government to take effective measures to control the prices of essentials.
AL presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury said the whole nation was now united against Jamaat and demanded the government try them for their anti-state activities.
Another AL presidium member Abdur Razzaq demanded of the government to file cases on sedition charges against the war criminals.
"Bangabandhu had prohibited the war criminals from politics but Gen Ziaur Rahman rehabilitated them in politics, but now time has come to try and hang them," Razzaq told the meeting.
AL leader Tofail Ahmed said the whole nation was now united against those who opposed the country's independence. "Now it's time to declare a war against them." Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon also urged the government to file cases against the war criminals with sedition charges.
Menon termed the war criminals as the worst garbage of the country and asked the CG to cleanse it to build a country free from war criminals.
JSD president Hasanul Huq Inu urged the government to arrest those who were against the country's Liberation War and said they did not want the war criminals to contest the upcoming general election.
AL presidium member Suranjit Sengupta urged the government to file cases against war criminals under the EPR to help establish real democracy.
CPB general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim demanded restoration of the constitution of 1972 to establish a non-communal Bangladesh and unite the nation against the war criminals.
The discussion was addressed, among others, by AL presidium member Begum Motia Chowdhury, Shyammobadi Dal chief Nurul Islam, NAP leader MA Gani, AL leader and former Army chief Maj Gen (retd) KM Shafiullah, Gono Forum leader Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, Justice KM Sobhan, AL leader Khairuzzaman Liton, also son of slain national leader Kamruzzaman, and AL leader Asaduzzaman Noor.
All the speakers at the discussion demanded the government take effective steps to execute the court verdicts against the killers of Bangbanbandhu and four national leaders to remove the stigma of the nation.