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BNP now ridicules Shahbagh protest
[Bangla Daily Star] The BNP yesterday accused the Shahbagh youths and the government of dividing the nation in the name of the Projonmo Chattar movement.It also said the Shahbagh demonstration was a "government-backed hocus-pocus" designed to divert people's attention from the Hasina administration's failures and corruption in various sectors. The observations came at a rally in front of the BNP headquarters at Nayapaltan in the capital. Around two weeks back, the main opposition party hailed the youths-led Shahbagh movement for capital punishment to 1971 war criminals. Yesterday's rally was organised to protest the killing of four people in police firing in Manikganj during the February 24 hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... called by some Islamist parties. At the gathering, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "The youths' chants of hanging and slaughtering will not help build a decent society. We want to hear [from them] words of love and affection." He said the government had been playing with fire and it would create a division among the people. Mentioning some recent incidents of vandalism at offices, banks and insurance organizations owned by a particular party, Fakhrul, also spokesperson of the BNP, said: "The honourable prime minister, please stop this dangerous game. Don't have people pitted against each other." Some leaders at the rally raised questions about the "steady and generous supply of foods" to the Shahbagh youths during their sit-in for 17 days in a row. Posted by: Fred 2013-02-27 |
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