Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said on Sunday that BNP-Jamaat would continue to destabilize the state as long as they exist.
He called upon journalists to be vocal against BNP which remained in alliance with the Jamaat and was an accomplice of all anti-liberation forces.
The minister was speaking as chief guest at an award-giving ceremony at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU).
He accused the BNP-Jamaat of “uninterrupted strife”.
“Even if we win the upcoming election they would continue to destabilize the country,” he said.
“If they return to power they would change everything. The country’s development achieved under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina would be stymied. History books would be changed. The country’s four state principles would be no more. The Father of the Nation would be changed. Militants and bigots would have a heyday,” he said.
“We will not allow that and the nation cannot afford it,” he said.
For development and prosperity, the country needs permanent peace, he said.
Inu also said that BNP’s restlessness was to legitimize the bigots, militants and war criminals.
“Election is not on their agenda. Legitimizing militants, bigots and war criminals is what they want,” he said.
He appealed to the journalists to raise their voices against such subversive politics.
“We would expect equal treatment of our news as those of the non-parliamentary opposition,” he said.
At the ceremony, the minster handed over the DRU best reporting awards to journalists in different categories.
