Staff Reporter :The family of former Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Ghulam Azam, who died last week in the prison during his imprisonment period, has expressed annoyance over the silence of BNP after his death and not joining the Namaz-e-Janaza.Expressing disappointment, Ghulam Azam’s son has thrown an ‘open challenge’ to the BNP. He has said that the party could never attain the power or form government without the support of the Jamaat-e-Islami. He termed BNP’s silence as ‘unexpected and unacceptable’.Abdullahil Amaan Azmi, the fourth son of Ghulam Azam and a former army officer, posed the challenge through social media on Wednesday in response to a report on his father’s Namaz-e-Janaza. He uttered the words of the challenge in his facebook status. His status has been mentioned in below- “The whole nation is disappointed at BNP’s silence after Prof Ghulam Azam expired although the entire world is mourning. I’m not sure why!!I have NO hesitation in saying that BNP could never form govt without Jamaat’s support. Sadly enough, their silence on the death of the founder Ameer of the party, and spiritual Guru till his death, is utterly unexpected and unacceptable!BNP will do better if they remember that they can NEVER go to power again without Jamaat’s support. This is my ‘open challenge’. How ungrateful they can be!”, he regretted.Abdullahil Amaan Azmi also shared a report link titled “BNP boycotts Janaza of Azam in direction of Tarique”. The report was published on online portal. Sharing the link, Ghulam Azam’s son wanted to know the authenticity of the report. He wrote “Can anyone confirm this news item?” Tarique Rahman, son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and the party Senior Vice-Chairman, had reportedly asked his party members to abstain from joining Namaz-e-Janaza of Ghulam Azam, the report claimed. 92 years old Ghulam Azam died on October 23 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. He was buried at his family graveyard in capital’s Moghbazar. He was awarded 90 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
