bdnews24.com :
A local leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami has been given reception along with freedom fighters in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj Upazila in an incident that has created a flurry of criticisms.
Jamaat opposed Bangladesh’s independence during the Liberation War and has seen a number of its leaders hanged or jailed for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war against Pakistan.
The programme was organised at Sharifpur union council office last Saturday to mark the Victory Day.
Umme Fatema Nazma Begum aka Shiuli Azad, joint convenor of Sarail Upazila Awami League and MP from the seats reserved for women, handed flowers and crests to the freedom fighters, and Tajul Islam, the Amir or chief of Jamaat’s Sharifpur union.
Nazma said she felt embarrassed when she learnt after the programme that Tajul was a Jamaat leader.
“I don’t know Tajul Islam. I was invited to the programme when I went there to attend a wedding party,” she said.
She alleged her political rivals made her hand the flowers to Tajul to disgrace her. “I would have never given flowers to a Jamaat leader had I known his identity,” she said.
Foyez Ahmed Ful Mia, local union commander of the Muktijoddha Sangsad, said Tajul’s name is on the list of freedom fighters, but he was not invited separately.
A local leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami has been given reception along with freedom fighters in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj Upazila in an incident that has created a flurry of criticisms.
Jamaat opposed Bangladesh’s independence during the Liberation War and has seen a number of its leaders hanged or jailed for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war against Pakistan.
The programme was organised at Sharifpur union council office last Saturday to mark the Victory Day.
Umme Fatema Nazma Begum aka Shiuli Azad, joint convenor of Sarail Upazila Awami League and MP from the seats reserved for women, handed flowers and crests to the freedom fighters, and Tajul Islam, the Amir or chief of Jamaat’s Sharifpur union.
Nazma said she felt embarrassed when she learnt after the programme that Tajul was a Jamaat leader.
“I don’t know Tajul Islam. I was invited to the programme when I went there to attend a wedding party,” she said.
She alleged her political rivals made her hand the flowers to Tajul to disgrace her. “I would have never given flowers to a Jamaat leader had I known his identity,” she said.
Foyez Ahmed Ful Mia, local union commander of the Muktijoddha Sangsad, said Tajul’s name is on the list of freedom fighters, but he was not invited separately.
