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No need for anti-terror taskforce
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said the proposed anti-terrorism South Asian taskforce to prevent militancy and terrorism in the region is 'unnecessary' and warned that it would be 'suicidal' for the country. "Any bilateral system in the name of forming South Asian task force may create a new crisis. Even the growing terrorist activities of other countries may be extended to our country which couldn't be accepted," he said at a press briefing at party chairperson's Gulshan office. He believes that law enforcing agencies, including armed forces, are enough to free the country from terrorism and militancy. Delwar urged the countrymen to be aware of the issue and take preparation for resisting the move from forming the task force. He said it is a logical apprehension made by some political scientists and economists that Bangladesh might be turned into 'Gaza Valley' due to the proposed task force. When asked whether they (BNP) know about the taskforce or not, he said, "I don't know any concrete information relating to the taskforce and that is why we have demanded disclosure of all the facts in this regard." Replying to a query, Delwar criticized Foreign Minister Dipu Moni for keeping her mum when an Indian journalist termed Bangladesh as a 'buffer state' during joint press conference with Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. "We had said before that 1/11 was a conspiracy to establish a puppet government in the country and as a minister of a puppet government, how can she [foreign minister] understand the meaning of this question by which the Indian journalist defamed our country," he raised a counter question. During the briefing, the BNP leader congratulated newly elected President Zillur Rahman and said, "We hope that the new president will conduct his activities as per the constitution, law and justice what he promised to the nation." Party's Joint Secretary General Nazrul Islam Khan, former lawmaker Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Ilyas Ali, Khairul Kabir Khokon and Shiril Sultana and party office secretary Rizvi Ahmed, among others, were present. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-12 |
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