BSS, Dhaka :
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday expressed his firm conviction that alliance between the Awami League and his party would remain intact for long.
“The unity is necessary to consolidate victory after defeating militancy so that the tragic incidents of August 15 and August 21 cannot recur and militancy reemerge in Bangladesh,” he said in a statement.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal chief said his party and the Awami League are united in principle and they are working together in movement, election and running the government.
“I think this unity is required until the completion of the war against militancy and terrorism,” he added. Inu said Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal emerged as a political party in October in 1972 and it became an opposition party by taking part in parliamentary elections in 1973 as a legitimate party.
The activities of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal from 1972 to 1975 were published in newspapers and aired by radio and television and those are known to all, he added He said after the brutal killing of Bangabandhu, Ziaur Rahman had stopped the trial of the killing by promulgating a law.
Then the government of Sheikh Hasina in 1996 scrapped the Indemnity Act and started trial of the killers of Bangabandhu, he said, adding that nowhere in the verdict of the case was mentioned even a single word about Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. Ind said Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal had instantly taken a political stand against grabbing power by Khandaker Mostaq after the killing of Bangabandhu and it circulated a handbill within 48 hours against killer Mostaq government.
“During the 83-day rule of Mostaq, numerous leaders and activists of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal were arrested and many were killed. This information is on record,” he added.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday expressed his firm conviction that alliance between the Awami League and his party would remain intact for long.
“The unity is necessary to consolidate victory after defeating militancy so that the tragic incidents of August 15 and August 21 cannot recur and militancy reemerge in Bangladesh,” he said in a statement.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal chief said his party and the Awami League are united in principle and they are working together in movement, election and running the government.
“I think this unity is required until the completion of the war against militancy and terrorism,” he added. Inu said Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal emerged as a political party in October in 1972 and it became an opposition party by taking part in parliamentary elections in 1973 as a legitimate party.
The activities of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal from 1972 to 1975 were published in newspapers and aired by radio and television and those are known to all, he added He said after the brutal killing of Bangabandhu, Ziaur Rahman had stopped the trial of the killing by promulgating a law.
Then the government of Sheikh Hasina in 1996 scrapped the Indemnity Act and started trial of the killers of Bangabandhu, he said, adding that nowhere in the verdict of the case was mentioned even a single word about Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. Ind said Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal had instantly taken a political stand against grabbing power by Khandaker Mostaq after the killing of Bangabandhu and it circulated a handbill within 48 hours against killer Mostaq government.
“During the 83-day rule of Mostaq, numerous leaders and activists of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal were arrested and many were killed. This information is on record,” he added.
