Senior leaders of the ruling Awami League allege that those who had opposed the birth of Bangladesh in 1971 still are actively propagating against the spirit of the Liberation War in and outside the country.
Addressing different events in the capital yesterday, they asked the countrymen to come under a platform and resist the conspirators and the religious extremists patronised by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
The ruling party organised the programmes marking the homecoming day of party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said: “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been trying her level best to develop the country by ensuring the voting rights of her countrymen. But BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and the Jamaat-e-Islami are trying to foil the initiatives.
Terming the BNP-Jamaat alliance a religious extremist group, Amu alleged they were again trying to take the country under Pakistan. “BNP chief Khaleda Zia and the Jamaat did not accept the country’s independence,” Amu said at a meeting at the National Press Club.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the BNP-Jamaat alliance had burnt people and destroyed property in the name of a movement since January.
“When BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Jamaat-e-Islami ordered activists to carry out arson attacks on innocent people, the public refused them and supported the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said at another programme in the city.
“The BNP-Jamaat alliance has been hatching a conspiracy against the country aimed at fulfilling the interest of Pakistan,” he claimed.
