Plot to keep Zia family from politics
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said implication of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and the cabinet of BNP led four-party alliance government in the August 21 grenade attack case is a conspiracy aimed at keeping the party and its allies away from politics and elections. “We strongly condemned the attack from the very beginning and demanded punishment for the real culprits. But what has the government done? It has changed the investigation officer of the case five to six times and appointed at last a retired police officer who has linked Tarique in the case,” he said addressing a protest rally at the Jatiya Press club.
The Bangla daily Amar Desh organised the rally protesting the detention of its acting editor Mahmudur Rahman as well as the suspension of the daily's publication for 500 days.
Fakhrul's remarks came after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday alleged that BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was behind the killing of Bangabandhu on August 15, 1975 while his family was behind the August 21 grenade attack.
Referring to the poor health condition of Amar Desh acting editor, the BNP spokesperson said Mahmudur can be freed only when this government is ousted.
Columnist Farhad Mazhar said Mahmudur's detention is one of many instances of the present government's repressive policy.
"It is the responsibility of all citizens to stand by BNP. Otherwise, the public will have to suffer more, " he said.
BNP chairperson's adviser Shawkat Mahmud, former president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Ruhul Amin Gazi, DAB Secretary General AZM Zahid and Prof Piash Karim, among others, spoke at the rally.
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