 Bangladeshâs main opposition Awami League party called for the ouster of a minister for his alleged support for the establishment of Islamic rule in the country, sources said yesterday. Calls by the Awami League for the sacking of Industry Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami â who is head of the Jamaat-I-Islami party â coincide with calls from leftist secular groups to ban religion-based politics in the Moslem majority country.
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âNizami has been aiding the militants in perpetrating their current campaign of terror in the country,â said Abdur Razzak, of the Awami League. Nizami, however, has refuted opposition claims that he and his party had a role in the Aug. 17 blasts across the country that rocked the capital Dhaka and killed three people.
The Awami League and 13 other small parties have announced joint plans to hold street rallies and strikes at the weekend to put pressure on the government to expel its Islamic allies from the ruling coalition. Police and other security forces have blamed the countrywide explosions largely on armed cadres of the banned militant organization Jamatul Mujahedeen. |