PM, state involved in Ramu riots, says BNP
Staff Correspondent
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday renewed its allegation that the recent sectarian violence in Ramu and other places had happened at the behest of the prime minister to tarnish the image of Bangladesh and the opposition party.
Addressing a press conference at the BNP central office, its joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the prime minister and the state were involved in ‘some way’ in the violent incidents in Ramu and other places.
Asked how he could know the involvement of the prime minister, Rizvi said that the police were inactive during the arson attacks.
About the remarks of the National Human Rights Commission chairman, Rizvi said intelligence agencies were involved in the incidents. He said people could easily understand by whose order the intelligence agencies acted.
Referring to newspaper reports he said the violent incidents had taken place under the patronisation of the state. He alleged that the prime minister’s men were involved in the incidents.
Rizvi also criticised the prime minister’s remarks at Ramu on Monday accusing BNP’s local lawmaker for instigating the secretarian violence in Ramu. He said the prime minister’s remarks before start of a judicial investigation were ‘politically motivated’.
Terming the prime minister’s statement ‘irresponsible’, Rizvi said she had blamed the opposition for the violence in a bid to ‘hide the offenders of her party’.
He said the countrywide demonstrations of the opposirtion ‘18-party’ alliance scheduled for today had been postponed as Shaheed Jehad Dibash falls on the day. A fresh date for the demonstrations would be announced later.
Rizvi alleged that the police had charged batons on leaders and activists of
BNP in different districts on Monday during the party’s demonstrations.
Addressing a press conference at the BNP central office, its joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the prime minister and the state were involved in ‘some way’ in the violent incidents in Ramu and other places.
Asked how he could know the involvement of the prime minister, Rizvi said that the police were inactive during the arson attacks.
About the remarks of the National Human Rights Commission chairman, Rizvi said intelligence agencies were involved in the incidents. He said people could easily understand by whose order the intelligence agencies acted.
Referring to newspaper reports he said the violent incidents had taken place under the patronisation of the state. He alleged that the prime minister’s men were involved in the incidents.
Rizvi also criticised the prime minister’s remarks at Ramu on Monday accusing BNP’s local lawmaker for instigating the secretarian violence in Ramu. He said the prime minister’s remarks before start of a judicial investigation were ‘politically motivated’.
Terming the prime minister’s statement ‘irresponsible’, Rizvi said she had blamed the opposition for the violence in a bid to ‘hide the offenders of her party’.
He said the countrywide demonstrations of the opposirtion ‘18-party’ alliance scheduled for today had been postponed as Shaheed Jehad Dibash falls on the day. A fresh date for the demonstrations would be announced later.
Rizvi alleged that the police had charged batons on leaders and activists of
BNP in different districts on Monday during the party’s demonstrations.
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