Khulna AL leaders refute BNP claim
Khulna Awami League leaders yesterday refuted allegations of involvement of its leaders and activists in post-poll incidents of violence in the city and some other spots in the district.
BNP lawmaker Nazrul Islam Manju is cooking up concocted stories of post-poll violence with motive to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere and falsely implicate leaders and activists AL and its fronts Jubo League and Chhatra League, AL's defeated candidate from Khulna-2 Mizanur Rahman Mizan told a press conference at Khulna Press Club.
No leader or activist of Khulna Awami League was involved in any way in any of the recent incidents of violence the city and elsewhere in the district, he said. Mizanur Rahman is general secretary of Khulna city AL. He invited BNP lawmaker Nazrul Islam Manju for a joint inspection of the spots.
Mizan said Awami League does not believe in politics of revenge. Rather, it believes in politics of tolerance.
Cadres of the BNP lawmaker have unleashed a reign of terror in different areas of Khulna city as they did after the 2001 election, he said.
Khulna district AL president Sheikh Harun-ar-Rashid who was also present at the Press conference said any body found involved in violence will be expelled from the party.
Earlier on Friday, MP-elect from Khulna-2 Nazrul Islam Manzu at a press conference alleged that Awami League leaders and activists had unleashed a reign of terror in city soon after the election.
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