Pro-liberation forces urged to be united to tackle Jamaat

Political leaders, educationalists and an economist yesterday emphasised unity among pro-liberation political and social organisations to tackle anti-liberation and communal forces in the country.
They also urged the government to take stern action against Jamaat-e-Islami particularly regarding donations they receive from abroad.
Speakers were addressing a discussion styled “Mayhem of Jamaat: Trial of War Criminals and Future of Democracy” in the capital's Liberation War Museum auditorium.
Following the recent Jamaat's and Islami Chhatra Shibir's violence across the country, Gano Oikya organised the discussion with its Convenor Pankaj Bhattacharya in the chair.
Bimal Biswas, politburo member of Workers' Party of Bangladesh, said people have seen the atrocities Jamaat committed during the Liberation War and their recent "mayhem" across the country.
“To tackle their anarchy, everybody should stand against them,” he said.
Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled, chairman of Bangladesh Krishi Bank, said Jamaat receives financial support from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
“It is not possible to weaken them unless their source of funds is cut off and it is the government's responsibility to take action in this regard,” said Khaled, also an economist.
Pro-liberation forces have to work together so that the ongoing trial of war criminals is not stopped, said Syed Abu Jafar Ahmed, general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh.
Pankaj Bhattacharya vowed to initiate a movement uniting all progressive forces against the communal forces.
Educationalist Prof Syed Anwar Hossain and Sharif Nurul Ambia, general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, were present among others.