Clear Your Stand On Jamaat, Government Told
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| Pro-liberation war forces on Saturday reiterated their demand that the government make its position clear on banning Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir. |
Ekattorer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee, Sector Commanders Forum, Muktijuddha ’71, and Sammilita Sangskritik Jote made their demand at a press briefing at the Liberation War Museum in Dhaka in the afternoon.
Leaders of these organisations said it would not be possible to build proper resistance against the anti-liberation war forces if the Jamaat-Shibir combine was not banned in line with the law.
A conspiracy to engineer civil war in the country would be hatched if there was any armed resistance against the Jamaat-e-Islami before they were banned by law, they opined.
Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee leader Shahriar Kabir said, “We were always in the field to resist the anti-liberation war forces, and always will be. But a civil war could break out if there is any armed resistance against Jamaat before banning them in line with the law. Jamaat has already declared that there will be one.”
He said Hefajat-e-Islam was another front of the Jamaat-e-Islami. The small party has already announced a long march towards Dhaka on Apr 6 and sought the government’s permission.
“If the government permits such programmes, then nothing can be harmful more than this for the spirit of the Liberation War,” Kabir added.
He said all programmes of the youth calling for maximum punishment for all 1971 war criminals were non-violent in nature. “But violent resistance was offered to these non-violent programmes.”
Sector Commanders Forum President AK Khandaker said it was not first time for the Jamaat-e-Islami to carry out such country-wide attacks.
“This party, which opposed the War of Independence, should not have any rights to stay in this country, let alone its existence in politics.”
The leaders of these organisations presented a six-point charter of demands to the government.
Their foremost demand is a government action at the earliest to slap a ban on the Jamaat and the Shibir by declaring them terrorist organisations for carrying out militant and violent aggression against Bangladesh.
They have also demanded a government watch on the Jamaat-linked financial and business institutions, so that these are not used to aid militancy and terrorism.
The speakers at the press briefing also demanded immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment to those who attacked the households and temples of the minorities, and their shops and business.
Leaders of these organisations said it would not be possible to build proper resistance against the anti-liberation war forces if the Jamaat-Shibir combine was not banned in line with the law.
A conspiracy to engineer civil war in the country would be hatched if there was any armed resistance against the Jamaat-e-Islami before they were banned by law, they opined.
Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee leader Shahriar Kabir said, “We were always in the field to resist the anti-liberation war forces, and always will be. But a civil war could break out if there is any armed resistance against Jamaat before banning them in line with the law. Jamaat has already declared that there will be one.”
He said Hefajat-e-Islam was another front of the Jamaat-e-Islami. The small party has already announced a long march towards Dhaka on Apr 6 and sought the government’s permission.
“If the government permits such programmes, then nothing can be harmful more than this for the spirit of the Liberation War,” Kabir added.
He said all programmes of the youth calling for maximum punishment for all 1971 war criminals were non-violent in nature. “But violent resistance was offered to these non-violent programmes.”
Sector Commanders Forum President AK Khandaker said it was not first time for the Jamaat-e-Islami to carry out such country-wide attacks.
“This party, which opposed the War of Independence, should not have any rights to stay in this country, let alone its existence in politics.”
The leaders of these organisations presented a six-point charter of demands to the government.
Their foremost demand is a government action at the earliest to slap a ban on the Jamaat and the Shibir by declaring them terrorist organisations for carrying out militant and violent aggression against Bangladesh.
They have also demanded a government watch on the Jamaat-linked financial and business institutions, so that these are not used to aid militancy and terrorism.
The speakers at the press briefing also demanded immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment to those who attacked the households and temples of the minorities, and their shops and business.
Courtesy: BD News24.com
