Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, joint general secretary of Awami League, reaffirmed the government’s resolution to prevent the rise of militancy in the country in a meeting yesterday with the party members at his home in Kushtia. He made the statement while commenting on al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri’s recent video message which announced a plan for Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.
Hanif said: “Our government takes into account the possibility of al-Qaeda’s attempt to spread its network through the religion based organisations, particularly the ones which accommodate war criminals, and we are determined to prevent them from doing so at any cost.”
He also said the government has always been concerned about the rise of militancy in the region and its initiatives to prevent the rise of militancy in the country would be continued.
Commenting on America’s concerns about the prosecution of the war criminals and the legality of the last election, Hanif said the USA tried in many ways to smother our fight for freedom then, and now, when the government is leading the country ahead and putting the war criminals under trial, they are again trying to stall the progress.