Home minister accuses BNP, Jamaat of attacking minorities
Home Minister MK Alamgir on Saturday accused both the BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami of unleashing attacks on the minority communities.
“Militant outfit Jamaat and its supporter BNP are carrying out attacks on the minorities. We’ve observed the communal force unleashed a reign of terror over the last one week,” he said.
Alamgir was addressing the national convention of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) at the Kazi Bashir Auditorium in the capital’s Mahanagar Natya Mancha.
BHRC Secretary General Saiful Islam Dildar, its Dhaka city unit president M Matiur Rahman and its London branch adviser Modabber Hossain, among others, addressed the programme with freedom fighter and rights activist Quazi Rezaul Mostafa in the chair.
In an oblique reference to Jamaat, the home minister said, “With the support of several political parties, a militant organisation is violating the human rights across the country in the name of protest.”
Clarifying the government’s stance over maintaining the law and order across the country, he firmly said they would tackle the anarchists with an iron hand and bring them to book for their misdeeds. “The government won’t show any negligence in discharging its duty.”
Turning to the recent attacks on the religious minorities, the Alamgir stressed the need for uprooting communal forces from the country to improve the human rights condition.
He urged the rights activists to stand by the minorities in their respective areas and work for ensuring their safety.
Mentioning the government’s responsibilities to establish rights of all citizens, Alamgir said no state-run organisation and force have any right to violate human rights in the country.
“Militant outfit Jamaat and its supporter BNP are carrying out attacks on the minorities. We’ve observed the communal force unleashed a reign of terror over the last one week,” he said.
Alamgir was addressing the national convention of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) at the Kazi Bashir Auditorium in the capital’s Mahanagar Natya Mancha.
BHRC Secretary General Saiful Islam Dildar, its Dhaka city unit president M Matiur Rahman and its London branch adviser Modabber Hossain, among others, addressed the programme with freedom fighter and rights activist Quazi Rezaul Mostafa in the chair.
In an oblique reference to Jamaat, the home minister said, “With the support of several political parties, a militant organisation is violating the human rights across the country in the name of protest.”
Clarifying the government’s stance over maintaining the law and order across the country, he firmly said they would tackle the anarchists with an iron hand and bring them to book for their misdeeds. “The government won’t show any negligence in discharging its duty.”
Turning to the recent attacks on the religious minorities, the Alamgir stressed the need for uprooting communal forces from the country to improve the human rights condition.
He urged the rights activists to stand by the minorities in their respective areas and work for ensuring their safety.
Mentioning the government’s responsibilities to establish rights of all citizens, Alamgir said no state-run organisation and force have any right to violate human rights in the country.
Courtesy: The Daily Star
