Food Minister Qamrul Islam yesterday said it is now a matter of time to ban Jamaat-e Islami as a political party for its involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
“Everyone sees the government is sending condemned war criminals to gallows one after another to execute the court verdicts. Many ask us about banning Jamaat which had acted as the mother organisation of all killings during the Liberation War. Now I can say it’s just a matter of time to ban Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party,” he said.
Qamrul, also a joint general secretary of Awami League’s Dhaka city unit, came up with the remarks while addressing a discussion organised by Ramna thana unit of the ruling party at National Press Club.
The programme was organised a day after the execution of two war crimes convicts Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take the right decision in right time over banning Jamaat-e-Islami.