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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has dubbed the BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami “agents of Pakistan”
She claims BNP chief Khaleda Zia is “trying to save war criminals”.
“We must be cautious so that these Pakistan agents do not come to power,” Hasina said at an Awami League discussion in Dhaka on Sunday.
“We won't let anyone toy with our flag... we'll lay down our lives to protect it if necessary,” she said.
Jamaat openly opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971. Most of the war crimes convicts are from Jamaat.
Two of them served as ministers in Khaleda's 2001-06 Cabinet.
At the discussion, Hasina recalled BNP's shutdown on Nov 8, 1998, the day of Bangabandhu killing verdict.
“The BNP chief tried to save killers then. She is desperate to protect war criminals now,” Hasina alleged.
She dubbed Jamaat and its student front “Al-Badr and Razakars” and wondered how Khaleda participated in a programme with them on Saturday.
Al-Badr and Razakar members, exclusively drawn from Jamaat and its student front, spearheaded Bangalee intellectuals’ execution at the end of the war.
War crimes suspects were put on trial after Hasina's government set up a special tribunal in 2010. Another followed shortly to expedite the trials.
Jamaat claims the tribunals 'fall short of international standard' and accuses the government of carrying out a political vendetta – a charge the government denies.
Hasina expressed her government's resolve to try suspected war criminals.
She criticised BNP-founder Ziaur Rahman for politically establishing anti-liberation elements and stopping ‘war criminals’ trials.
“The BNP-Jamaat combine tried to turn Bangladesh into a failed state,” the prime minister alleged.
BNP, Jamaat are Pakistan agents: Hasina -
bdnews24.com
She claims BNP chief Khaleda Zia is “trying to save war criminals”.
“We must be cautious so that these Pakistan agents do not come to power,” Hasina said at an Awami League discussion in Dhaka on Sunday.
“We won't let anyone toy with our flag... we'll lay down our lives to protect it if necessary,” she said.
Jamaat openly opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971. Most of the war crimes convicts are from Jamaat.
Two of them served as ministers in Khaleda's 2001-06 Cabinet.
At the discussion, Hasina recalled BNP's shutdown on Nov 8, 1998, the day of Bangabandhu killing verdict.
“The BNP chief tried to save killers then. She is desperate to protect war criminals now,” Hasina alleged.
She dubbed Jamaat and its student front “Al-Badr and Razakars” and wondered how Khaleda participated in a programme with them on Saturday.
Al-Badr and Razakar members, exclusively drawn from Jamaat and its student front, spearheaded Bangalee intellectuals’ execution at the end of the war.
War crimes suspects were put on trial after Hasina's government set up a special tribunal in 2010. Another followed shortly to expedite the trials.
Jamaat claims the tribunals 'fall short of international standard' and accuses the government of carrying out a political vendetta – a charge the government denies.
Hasina expressed her government's resolve to try suspected war criminals.
She criticised BNP-founder Ziaur Rahman for politically establishing anti-liberation elements and stopping ‘war criminals’ trials.
“The BNP-Jamaat combine tried to turn Bangladesh into a failed state,” the prime minister alleged.
BNP, Jamaat are Pakistan agents: Hasina -
bdnews24.com
