Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Jalil Mandal has suggested that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should keep patience as the police will obey her order too if she forms government.
“Keep patience, please keep patience. The election will be held at the right time. If you [Khaleda] win the election, you will form the government. Then people will abide by your orders. We will also work according to your instructions,” the CMP commissioner said at Bakalia police station’s Open House Day and Cleaning Drive held at a local community centre yesterday.
He also warned that if anyone hurled bricks at the law enforcers, the “police’s sticks are kept ready for them too.”
Saying the country was enjoying democracy at the highest level, Jalil said: “My government is a democratic government. Setting vehicles on fire and attacking law enforcers are not signs of democracy.”
Urging people to work together to strengthen the Sheikh Hasina-led government, the commissioner said: “After a stormy journey, the government has started the journey of democracy followed by an election [on January 5].
“The election may have created controversy... every election had controversies. Controversy is also seen in any good work. Some miscreants are trying to create obstructions on the way to development but they cannot do this any more.”
Warning against militant activities, he said: “Police in plain clothes and in uniform will be positioned at mosques to arrest militants who distribute anti-state leaflets among people entering the prayer houses like thieves.”
The commissioner also criticised the participants of TV talk shows, alleging that they misguide the nation by “delivering unnecessary speech in exchange for Tk2,000.”