Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is staging a countrywide demonstration programme today, demanding release of the party’s Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla and detained leaders of the 18-party alliance, and restoration of the caretaker government system.
Party acting secretary general Rafiqul Islam Khan in a statement said: “The government is hatching a conspiracy to stay in power. But we will not let that happen.”
According to the statement, Jamaat called the demonstration protesting mass arrest, and demanding putting a stop on mass torture, release of its detained leaders and activists, withdrawal of “false” cases, cancellation of the questionable war crime tribunals and restoration of the caretaker government provision in the constitution.
Rafiqul alleged the government was conspiring to destroy the country’s garment sector, giving neighbouring countries the chance to create their market here.
He urged the government to meet the demands of RMG workers and hike their wages.