"The number of deaders and the father of the nation are settled issues. Legal action will be taken against anyone making derogatory remarks and trying to stir controversy over them," Hanif told the media at the party chief's Dhanmondi office.
BNP Chairpersons
Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
last month questioned the number of deaders. Following her lead, Standing Committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy dubbed the martyred intellectuals "anti-liberation elements" who "died like fools" and enjoyed pay and perks provided by Pakistain until the end of the war.
At the briefing, organised to protest against the remarks, Hanif alleged that the BNP itself was founded on the spirit of Pakistain and its founder Ziaur Rahman was an agent of that country.
"Zia created the political platform for Jamaat-e-Islami
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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
after independence and BNP chief Khaleda made several Jamaat leaders ministers. This proves that the Zia family believes in the spirit of Pakistain.
"This is why they are repeatedly making the derogatory comments to create controversy about our Liberation War," Hanif added.