Staff Reporter :
The BNP has decided not to keep Jamaat-e-Islami in its national unity campaign, said Professor Emajuddin Ahmed, the former Vice-Chancellor of the Dhaka University said it on Tuesday.
“Jamaat appears as a barrier to forge a national unity. Khaleda Zia has already decided to exclude the Jamaat and to go ahead with others; the pro-BNP intellectual said it at a discussion meeting in the National Press Club.
After Holey Artisan Bakery carnage, Khaleda Zia gave a call for all-party national unity to uproot extremism. But the ruling Awami League rejected the call saying that the BNP should severe ties with the Jamaat first.
Meanwhile some leader of the BNP-led 20-party alliance also raised the issue in a meeting with Khaleda Zia. The pro-BNP professionals also suggested Khaleda Zia in an view exchange meeting on 14th July to forge a national consensus against terrorism sans Jamaat.
Meanwhile BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday
accused the government of intentionally destroying militants’ evidences. He also said, though the ruling Awami League is ignoring BNP’s call for national unity, the other parties are responding to positively.
“People now believe that the government lacks willingness to curb terrorism,” he said in a press briefing at Nayapaltan office.
“Instead of curbing militancy, the government is pursuing suppressive policy against opposition political parties,” he alleged. At least 250 opposition leaders and supporters, including those from BNP, were arrested in the country and false cases were filed against them recently, he added.
Foreigners feel discomfort in the country, he claimed.
The government has no visible and effective steps to support flood victims, Nazrul complained. He condemned police action against a rally of the activists who protested the Rampal Power Plant Projects near the Sundarbans.
Senior leader Ahmed Azam Khan, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Abdus Salam Azad and Shirin Sultana among others, were present in the briefing.
The BNP has decided not to keep Jamaat-e-Islami in its national unity campaign, said Professor Emajuddin Ahmed, the former Vice-Chancellor of the Dhaka University said it on Tuesday.
“Jamaat appears as a barrier to forge a national unity. Khaleda Zia has already decided to exclude the Jamaat and to go ahead with others; the pro-BNP intellectual said it at a discussion meeting in the National Press Club.
After Holey Artisan Bakery carnage, Khaleda Zia gave a call for all-party national unity to uproot extremism. But the ruling Awami League rejected the call saying that the BNP should severe ties with the Jamaat first.
Meanwhile some leader of the BNP-led 20-party alliance also raised the issue in a meeting with Khaleda Zia. The pro-BNP professionals also suggested Khaleda Zia in an view exchange meeting on 14th July to forge a national consensus against terrorism sans Jamaat.
Meanwhile BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday
accused the government of intentionally destroying militants’ evidences. He also said, though the ruling Awami League is ignoring BNP’s call for national unity, the other parties are responding to positively.
“People now believe that the government lacks willingness to curb terrorism,” he said in a press briefing at Nayapaltan office.
“Instead of curbing militancy, the government is pursuing suppressive policy against opposition political parties,” he alleged. At least 250 opposition leaders and supporters, including those from BNP, were arrested in the country and false cases were filed against them recently, he added.
Foreigners feel discomfort in the country, he claimed.
The government has no visible and effective steps to support flood victims, Nazrul complained. He condemned police action against a rally of the activists who protested the Rampal Power Plant Projects near the Sundarbans.
Senior leader Ahmed Azam Khan, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Abdus Salam Azad and Shirin Sultana among others, were present in the briefing.
