UNB :
BNP has formed two committees for what it said standing beside the victims of recent communal attacks and investigating the incidents for digging out facts.
BNP standing committee at a virtual meeting on Sunday formed the committees, said a press release signed by party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday.
Fakhrul said one of the committees was headed by BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy while another was led by Supreme Court Bar
Association Secretary Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal.
He also said the Gayeshwar-led committee will visit the violence-affected temples and puja mandaps in different areas of the country and solace the victims on behalf of BNP.
The other committee, led by Kazal, will look into the incidents of vandalism and arson attacks to find out the facts, he added.
“The two committees will visit the affected areas very soon and submit a report to the party high-command. The decision was taken at our standing committee meeting. They will start their work in a day or two.”
Fakhrul further said the meeting expressed deep concern over the reported desecration of the Holy Quran during the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community and subsequent attacks on puja mandaps, vandalism and sectarian violence at the “patronage” of the ruling party in different areas, including Comilla, Chandpur, Noakhali and Chittagong.
BNP standing committee thinks that the government itself has created such a communal crisis in the country to divert public attention to a different direction from the existing political crisis, he observed.
The BNP leader said they think the situation became complicated in each case due to the failure of law enforcement agencies to take effective action.
He also said their standing committee urged the government to ensure the religious freedom of the Hindu community.
