Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Thursday urged all to remain alert so that no domestic or foreign enemy can disrupt Bangladesh's progress through the use of militancy.
“There is no friendly neighbouring country for Bangladesh. They always try to defame Bangladesh. What happened during 2005 to 2006 has been exaggerated by them”.
Asif Nazrul was speaking as chief guest at a meeting in memory of judges Sohel Ahmed and Jagannath Pandey, who lost their lives in a bomb attack by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in 2005.
In the past, attempts were made to cause a rise of fundamentalists in Bangladesh and by doing this a particular country was able to convince the international community to set up a controlled government in Bangladesh, Asif Nazrul said.
“As a result, we got a fascist government to rule the country in the last 15 years,” he added.
He said that in order to save the country and its people, Bangladesh must rid itself of militancy and fundamentalism at any cost.
Referring to the tragic death of the two judges in 2005, Asif Nazrul said that militancy and extremism are very dangerous matters. This incident is a great example of how irrational, inhuman and cruel these matters make people, he added.
“Our neighbouring country has also witnessed terrible militancy at different times,” he went on to say.