Jessore District unit of Bangadesh Chhatra League has burned the effigy of BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in protest of his derogatory comment about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Earlier, the BCL activists brought out a procession from District Awami League office that ended at Chowrasta in the Jessore town, where they held a rally and demanded Tarique's arrest and punishment.
BCL district unit president Ariful Islam Riad addressed the rally among others.
While addressing a programme in London on December 15, Tarique called Bangladesh’s founding president Bangabandhu a “Razakar,” a term which has become synonymous with a collaborator or traitor of the Pakistani military since the 1971 Liberation War.
Following the speech, Tarique faced strong criticism at home, several defamation cases were filed against him and his effigies have been burnt in different places of the country.
Tarique has been in London since September 11, 2008 on medical grounds after securing parole in various cases.
He faces 14 charges, of which four, including the August 21 grenade attack case, are on trial and the rest are stayed.