BNP-led opposition ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday claimed that the 1996-2001 government of Sheikh Hasina had first introduced “terrorist and militant” activities in the country.
In a statement issued by acting secretary general Rafiqul Islam Khan, Jamaat also claimed that the prime minister and acting inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Haque on Thursday had given “false and baseless” information about the party.
Jamaat also protested the prime minister’s comment at a rally in Bagmara of Rajshahi that “terrorism and militancy” dominated the BNP-Jamaat government in 2001-006.
Rafiqul also dismissed the premier’s claim that the BNP-Jamaat and Hefazat-e-Islam were doing politics in the name of religion.
He claimed that Jamaat had always waged movement against “terrorism and militancy.”
