BNP-Jamaat alliance has direct link with militants

Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil speaks at a rally at Muktangan in the city yesterday. Opposition 14-party combine organised the meeting to protest the killing of judges. PHOTO: STAR

As the government has a link with the militants, it managed to keep them from carrying out any bomb attack during the Saarc Summit, said Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil at a rally at Muktangan.

He also demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment to Bangla Bhai and Shaikh Abdur Rahman, who are instigating militancy.

Jalil, also the coordinator of the 14-opposition party alliance, alleged that there is a nexus between the government and Bangla Bhai and Shaikh Abdur Rahman. The government also harboured the militant kingpin Mufti Hannan, he added.

During the Saarc Summit, the government created a panic among the countrymen in the name of foolproof security, but the two judges were killed immediately after the summit, he said.

“The expectations of the poor people of the seven Saarc countries have not been materialised in the last 20 years. We still do not know whether this summit would change their fate. In the summit, a number of decisions were taken, but we do not see any implementation of the decisions,” Jalil said.

Terrorism and poverty are the main problems facing the region, he said.

Toppling the alliance government is a must to ensure security, alleviate poverty and restore the democratic and fundamental rights of the people, said the AL leader.

He also said the government is torturing, harassing and arresting the opposition leaders and workers ahead of November 22 grand rally.

He warned that the people would forge a strong resistance across the country against the misrule of the government from November 22.

At the grand rally, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina will declare programmes to change the fate of the countrymen, said Jalil.

He also urged the countrymen to make the rally a success to get rid of all forms of torture, repression and harassment by the coalition government.

City AL General Secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya presided over the rally. Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haque Inu, Dilip Barua, Tofail Ahmed, Motia Chowdhury, Obaidul Quader, Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal and Saifuddin Ahmed Manik were also present at the rally protesting the killing of the judges.

Communist Party of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Awami Jubo League, Noakhali district unit, Ganomukti O Jatiya Sampad Rakkha Samillita Andolon also held separate rallies to protest the killings.