Dhaka South City Corporation (DSSC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh has sounded a warning to Islamist organization Hefazat-e-Islam chief Junaid Babunagari, saying they will be sent to Afghanistan if they do not maintain peace under the current government.
On Wednesday, he said: “Be at peace under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina. Otherwise, in line with the slogan you once gave that ‘Bangla will become Afghan’, you will be sent to Afghanistan.”
Taposh, also member secretary of the Bangabandhu Awami Bar Council, made the remark at a human chain organized on the Supreme Court premises to protest the recent vandalism of a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Kushtia, according to media reports.
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He said: “Under the leadership of the prime minister, we have now established a nest of peace in Bangladesh. We are peace loving. We are beautifully engaged in building a nation to move the country forward. So the people of the country will not allow another ‘Bangla Bhai’ to take over the existing peace.”
Sounding off the warning to Hefazat chief Babunagari, the DSCC mayor said: “Have you forgotten the May 5 mayhem, when you thought that if Shapla Chattar was occupied, Bangladesh would be occupied. As long as we are alive under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, no one will be able to occupy this Bangladesh.”
He said fundamentalism will be eradicated in the same way that 1971 war criminals have been brought to justice and militancy have been exterminated under the valiant leadership of Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS.
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Taposh, also a leader of ruling Awami League, issued a stern warning against the vandalism, saying: “They think they have won by breaking the sculpture. Whenever anti-constitutional activities have taken place, democracy or the spirit of the liberation war has been hurt and then we, the lawyers, have given a strict answer and we are ready to do it again.”
He said that conspiracy against Bangabandhu is not new. “Bangabandhu means Bangladesh, he is our consciousness and ideal and it won’t be easy to hold schemes against him for long,” he added.
Supreme Court Bar Association President and Attorney General AM Amin Uddin said: “We will bring all those who are involved in this heinous crime under the law…will bring them to justice.”