‘India\\\'s moral support needed to save BD democracy’
Monday, 22 September 2014
BNP chairperson's adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain said on Sunday India's moral support is needed for 'saving democracy' in Bangladesh as a neighbour and the world's largest democracy, report agencies.
Khandker Mahbub, also vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council, made the remarks while inaugurating a seminar at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) auditorium, organised by Bangladesh Law Times, a monthly law journal.
He said, "We need India's moral support, not its interference, to save democracy. I hope the Indian government and its people would be with us."
The seminar, presided over by advocate Asheq Momin, was addressed, among others, by West Bengal Bar Council chairman Ashit Baran Basu and Bangladesh Law Times editor SN Goswami.
The BNP has been accusing its arch-rival Awami League of 'hijacking democracy' through the general election held on Jan 5.
The two-day seminar was organised by Bangladesh Law Times and chaired by Assistant Attorney General Ashek Momen. Asit Baran Basu, Chairman of the West Bengal Bar Council and Bangladesh Law Times Editor SN Goswami spoke during the event.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Md Delwar Hossain and Deputy Attorney General Abdus Samad Mondol are expected to present essays on highest punishment and visa laws respectively.