Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu yesterday said the government was considering a ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s politics following the court verdicts and taking the organisation’s recent activities in consideration.
The minister also termed the “March for Democracy” programme on December 29, as “March for Destruction.”
Inu made the remarks while talking to the media at his secretariat office, just hours after the Communications Minister, Obaidul Quader said the government had nothing to say about the march, if it was non-violent.
Contradicting Quader’s statement, Inu said: “The government will prevent such steps legally and politically. It is better not to let the opposition to hold programmes that may hinder the polls process. There is no alternative of holding the election to uphold the constitution.”
He claimed, the main opposition was trying the save the war criminals, terrorists, arsonists, and Jamaat activists by forming the “democracy protection committee” across the country.