BNP, Jamaat leading nation to civil war
LGRD and Cooperatives Minster Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday alleged that the BNP-Jamaat alliance was trying to push the country towards a civil war in a bid to save war criminals.
“The war crimes trial is going on and so is the conspiracy against it. In the name of hartal, they [the opposition alliance] are carrying out masked attacks. They want to push the country towards a civil war,†he said.
The minister was talking to reporters after placing wreaths at the Rayerbazar mass grave in the capital commemorating the martyred intellectuals on behalf of his party, the Awami League.
Party leaders Tofail Ahmed, Suranjit Sengupta, Matia Chowdhury, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, among others, accompanied him there.
Nine leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP are facing trials in two international crimes tribunals on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Terming Khaleda Zia “saviour of the war criminalsâ€, Syed Ashraf, also general secretary of ruling AL, alleged that the opposition leader was trying her best to stop the trials.
“But none will be able to do that. No matter how hard Khaleda Zia tries to save the war criminals, she won't succeed,†said Ashraf, adding, “We are pledge-bound to the people and hence no power or whatsoever can foil the trial.â€
“We have heard that they are preparing, collecting weapons. They would not hesitate to use the weapons, if necessary, to foil the war crimes trials. They are getting ready for a mass killing,†he said, urging people to remain as alert as the government is.
The trial was taking a little longer time for the sake of transparency and fairness, said Ashraf, hoping that the verdict delivery would start from this month.
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