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Pro-BNP professionals’ leader Zafrullah Chowdhury has criticised Hifazat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi for travelling to India for treatment, and not ‘putting his trust in Allah’.
“This is unfortunate, those who believe in God the most, those who want to take us to the path of Allah – that Allama Shafi has gone to India; relying on Indian hospital instead of God,” Zafrullah, the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, told a discussion at the National Press Club on Saturday.
“We will have to be alert about India in establishing proper democracy in Bangladesh. The neighbouring country is one of the main obstacles to establishing democracy in our country.”
“Again, Allama Shafi has gone to India. That’s our problem (relying on India),” he added.
Earlier in the day, the 95-year old Hifazat chief went to Delhi for better treatment. He is suffering from frailty and respiratory problems. Zafrullah suggested that Shafi should have shunned ‘these things’ and ‘put his trust in Allah’.
“I would like to tell him to keep faith in God. Will the Indian hospital be able to save you if God doesn’t wish so?”
The Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder also criticised Bangladeshi politicians for going abroad for treatment.
“Mr Hamid (president) rushes overseas whenever he suffers a slight breathing problem; the prime minister (Sheikh Hasina) rushes when she feels problem in hearing; so does her rival (Khaleda Zia) for the problem in eyesight. How much time we’ll have to rely on foreigners?” Zafrullah asked.
President Md Abdul Hamid went abroad several times for treatment, and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is currently in London for treatment, but Sheikh Hasina said several times before that she did not want to go abroad for treatment.
Speaking at the discussion, Zafrullah said that the main political parties in Bangladesh ‘rely on foreigners’ on political issues like they do for health reasons.
He urged the politicians to come out of ‘such mentality’. He also criticised the Indian government for its stance on Kashmir.
Zafrullah suggested that the BNP, as part of its movement for an election-time facilitating government, should form a ‘united alliance of opposition parties’ as the United Front formed during the Pakistan period.
“An active movement is a must for change. A united coalition of opposition parties is needed for that…for the sake of the country, its people, and good governance.
“But they (BNP leaders) have created Hadeeths while making the Vision 2030. I don’t know how many of you read that thing. I read it four times in a single night. Nothing is enunciated clearly in it.
“They, like the communists, don’t want to discuss anything. What would be the problem to discuss the issues before making the vision?” he wondered.
Describing the BNP as a pro-Liberation War party, he urged it to clear its stance on war criminals.
“The BNP surely wants the trial of war criminals. Then they could clearly say that a proper trial should continue if some war criminals are there,” he said.
“But not like the trial of Quader Molla. I don’t maintain any secrecy over such things. I still believe what was done with Quader Molla was wrong,” he said about Mollah, the Jamaat-e-Islami leader and hanged war criminal. The Jamaat is a key ally of the BNP.
“He (Molla) was involved with CPB (Communist Party of Bangladesh). He was elected vice-president of a hall committee during Bangabandhu’s tenure. He stayed in the hall for four years. How could Quader, called a butcher now, stay there for four years. That’s what raised my suspicion,” he added.
Pro-BNP professionals’ leader Zafrullah Chowdhury has criticised Hifazat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi for travelling to India for treatment, and not ‘putting his trust in Allah’.
“This is unfortunate, those who believe in God the most, those who want to take us to the path of Allah – that Allama Shafi has gone to India; relying on Indian hospital instead of God,” Zafrullah, the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, told a discussion at the National Press Club on Saturday.
“We will have to be alert about India in establishing proper democracy in Bangladesh. The neighbouring country is one of the main obstacles to establishing democracy in our country.”
“Again, Allama Shafi has gone to India. That’s our problem (relying on India),” he added.
Earlier in the day, the 95-year old Hifazat chief went to Delhi for better treatment. He is suffering from frailty and respiratory problems. Zafrullah suggested that Shafi should have shunned ‘these things’ and ‘put his trust in Allah’.
“I would like to tell him to keep faith in God. Will the Indian hospital be able to save you if God doesn’t wish so?”
The Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder also criticised Bangladeshi politicians for going abroad for treatment.
“Mr Hamid (president) rushes overseas whenever he suffers a slight breathing problem; the prime minister (Sheikh Hasina) rushes when she feels problem in hearing; so does her rival (Khaleda Zia) for the problem in eyesight. How much time we’ll have to rely on foreigners?” Zafrullah asked.
President Md Abdul Hamid went abroad several times for treatment, and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is currently in London for treatment, but Sheikh Hasina said several times before that she did not want to go abroad for treatment.
Speaking at the discussion, Zafrullah said that the main political parties in Bangladesh ‘rely on foreigners’ on political issues like they do for health reasons.
He urged the politicians to come out of ‘such mentality’. He also criticised the Indian government for its stance on Kashmir.
Zafrullah suggested that the BNP, as part of its movement for an election-time facilitating government, should form a ‘united alliance of opposition parties’ as the United Front formed during the Pakistan period.
“An active movement is a must for change. A united coalition of opposition parties is needed for that…for the sake of the country, its people, and good governance.
“But they (BNP leaders) have created Hadeeths while making the Vision 2030. I don’t know how many of you read that thing. I read it four times in a single night. Nothing is enunciated clearly in it.
“They, like the communists, don’t want to discuss anything. What would be the problem to discuss the issues before making the vision?” he wondered.
Describing the BNP as a pro-Liberation War party, he urged it to clear its stance on war criminals.
“The BNP surely wants the trial of war criminals. Then they could clearly say that a proper trial should continue if some war criminals are there,” he said.
“But not like the trial of Quader Molla. I don’t maintain any secrecy over such things. I still believe what was done with Quader Molla was wrong,” he said about Mollah, the Jamaat-e-Islami leader and hanged war criminal. The Jamaat is a key ally of the BNP.
“He (Molla) was involved with CPB (Communist Party of Bangladesh). He was elected vice-president of a hall committee during Bangabandhu’s tenure. He stayed in the hall for four years. How could Quader, called a butcher now, stay there for four years. That’s what raised my suspicion,” he added.
