Rizvi: Awami League planned August 21 grenade attack on own rally

BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that Awami League had orchestrated the tragic grenade attack on August 21, 2004. The BNP leader voiced his opinion at a ceremony organised by the Bangladesh Nationalist Olama Party at BNP’s headquarters on Thursday afternoon. Rizvi said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was using the grenade attack to garner sympathy from the public and slander BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The BNP joint secretary general also claimed that those who are praising the verdict regarding the 16th Amendment of the Constitution of Bangladesh are being threatened. This story was first published on Bangla Tribune