UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has advised BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to leave the company of militants, terrorists and war criminals.
“I will tell the BNP leader that it is good to build up movement taking the people, but leave the company of militants, terrorists and war criminals, she said, addressing a mammoth rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
Awami League organised the rally marking the 39th Jail Killing Day, with AL presidium member and deputy leader of parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair.
Sheikh Hasina said that she wanted to free the country from the clutches of terrorism and militancy. “We want to establish justice and peace in the country.”
Advising the BNP chief to leave the militants, terrorists and war criminals, she said these elements would not be able to stay in the soil of this land anymore.
AL advisory committee member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, AL general secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, AL presidium member and Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, AL presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, AL presidium member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, Dhaka City AL general secretary and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, AL joint secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, AL joint secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Food Minister and Dhaka City AL joint secretary advocate Kamrul Islam and Apu Ukil also spoke at the rally.
Talking about the trial of the war criminals, the Prime Minister said it was the pledge of her government to the people that “we will put the war criminals on trial.”
Mentioning that many threats had come when the government started the trial of the war criminals, she said: “Trial of some cases have been completed. With the blessings of almighty Allah, we’ve started to execute the judgment of some cases.
“Insha-Allah, we’ll execute each verdict of the court. We’ll free the country from its stigma by executing all verdicts regarding the war criminals,” she added.
Narrating the odd situation BNP chief Khaleda Zia finds herself with the Jamaat-e-Islami in the 20-party alliance, Hasina said that she (Khaleda) is now in a predicament like snake having frog in its mouth. “She can not talk in favour of them (Jamaat and war criminals), nor she can talk against them.”
Blasting Jamaat for imposing hartal on Monday, the Prime Minister said: “Why are they imposing hartal? When they killed people, raped women, committed mass killing and looting, and helped the Pakistani occupation force, had not they realised such a day of reckoning would come?.”
She also came down heavily on some foreign countries including the European Union for terming the capital punishment as violation of human rights.
Hasina said that when in Milan (Italy) recently during a summit, at that time she asked many leaders of other countries how they could remain silent while there was killing of people, children and women in Palestine.
She said: “Not a single country talked anything about these killings. But I didn’t remain silent and I protested the killings. I asked them: where was your thinking about human rights then? How so many women and children could be killed?”
Terming Khaleda Zia’s decision not to participate in the January 5 elections a great political blunder, the Prime Minister said: “Why will the people pay for your wrong decision?.”
Responding to Khaleda Zia’s claim that the present Parliament and the government are illegal, she said Bangladesh has recently won the elections to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU).
“Speakers and MPs of other countries voted us in the two elections. If we’re illegal, how the Speakers and the MPs from around the world voted us for the two prestigious posts.”
Hasina said: “It is in the nature of the BNP chief to see ‘illegal’ everywhere as her party was formed through an illegal process after Ziaur Rahman had grabbed the power illegally violating the constitution.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has advised BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to leave the company of militants, terrorists and war criminals.
“I will tell the BNP leader that it is good to build up movement taking the people, but leave the company of militants, terrorists and war criminals, she said, addressing a mammoth rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
Awami League organised the rally marking the 39th Jail Killing Day, with AL presidium member and deputy leader of parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair.
Sheikh Hasina said that she wanted to free the country from the clutches of terrorism and militancy. “We want to establish justice and peace in the country.”
Advising the BNP chief to leave the militants, terrorists and war criminals, she said these elements would not be able to stay in the soil of this land anymore.
AL advisory committee member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, AL general secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, AL presidium member and Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, AL presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, AL presidium member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, Dhaka City AL general secretary and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, AL joint secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, AL joint secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Food Minister and Dhaka City AL joint secretary advocate Kamrul Islam and Apu Ukil also spoke at the rally.
Talking about the trial of the war criminals, the Prime Minister said it was the pledge of her government to the people that “we will put the war criminals on trial.”
Mentioning that many threats had come when the government started the trial of the war criminals, she said: “Trial of some cases have been completed. With the blessings of almighty Allah, we’ve started to execute the judgment of some cases.
“Insha-Allah, we’ll execute each verdict of the court. We’ll free the country from its stigma by executing all verdicts regarding the war criminals,” she added.
Narrating the odd situation BNP chief Khaleda Zia finds herself with the Jamaat-e-Islami in the 20-party alliance, Hasina said that she (Khaleda) is now in a predicament like snake having frog in its mouth. “She can not talk in favour of them (Jamaat and war criminals), nor she can talk against them.”
Blasting Jamaat for imposing hartal on Monday, the Prime Minister said: “Why are they imposing hartal? When they killed people, raped women, committed mass killing and looting, and helped the Pakistani occupation force, had not they realised such a day of reckoning would come?.”
She also came down heavily on some foreign countries including the European Union for terming the capital punishment as violation of human rights.
Hasina said that when in Milan (Italy) recently during a summit, at that time she asked many leaders of other countries how they could remain silent while there was killing of people, children and women in Palestine.
She said: “Not a single country talked anything about these killings. But I didn’t remain silent and I protested the killings. I asked them: where was your thinking about human rights then? How so many women and children could be killed?”
Terming Khaleda Zia’s decision not to participate in the January 5 elections a great political blunder, the Prime Minister said: “Why will the people pay for your wrong decision?.”
Responding to Khaleda Zia’s claim that the present Parliament and the government are illegal, she said Bangladesh has recently won the elections to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU).
“Speakers and MPs of other countries voted us in the two elections. If we’re illegal, how the Speakers and the MPs from around the world voted us for the two prestigious posts.”
Hasina said: “It is in the nature of the BNP chief to see ‘illegal’ everywhere as her party was formed through an illegal process after Ziaur Rahman had grabbed the power illegally violating the constitution.”
