State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit on Tuesday said the defeated forces of 1971 and 2024 do not want people to live in peace and are trying to destabilise the country.
He made the remarks while visiting a puja mandap at Bahadurpur in Sadar upazila of Jessore and exchanging greetings with members of the Hindu community during Durga Puja.
Amit urged people to remain united against conspiracies and ensure that mosques and temples remain outside politics. He also warned against attempts to exploit religion to create divisions among people.
The state minister visited puja mandaps in at least 20 villages in his Jessore constituency, accompanied by party leaders and members of the puja celebration committees.
He said all citizens enjoy equal rights regardless of religious or political identity, adding that the BNP does not believe in dividing people along religious lines.
He said the spirit of the 2024 mass uprising was to build an equitable, humane and democratic Bangladesh. The government would not tolerate drug traders or criminals, regardless of their political or family connections, he added.
Amit called for public support for the government's efforts to build a new Bangladesh.
Highlighting development initiatives in Jessore, he said work on the coronary care unit at the medical college hospital would be completed soon to ensure quality treatment for local residents. Initiatives have also been taken to improve the stadium and modernise the long-abandoned swimming pool, he added.
