Terming the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir “terrorist organisations,” noted citizens, freedom fighters and socio-cultural leaders of Ganajagaran Mancha yesterday urged the government to ban the party immediately.
At the Bijoy Utsab 2013 held at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on the occasion of the Victory Day, they said the Jamaat-Shibir could not be labelled as a democratic political party.
The speakers also called upon people to resist every sort of attack carried out by the Jamaat-Shibir men.
Sector Commanders’ Forum chief AK Khandker said the recent spate of violence during the so-called political activities of the Jamaat- Shibir could only be termed "new version of atrocities in 1971."
Professor Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman said: “Those who were against the humanity [in 1971] will have to face the trial. Human life is valuable, but for the sake of justice, we demand the highest punishment for the perpetrators as soon as possible.”
Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal said the Jamaat had not been a party that follows Islam, “rather they are very much into terrorism.”
Later, different platforms performed at a cultural programme. At 4:31 pm, the moment when the Pakistani occupation army had surrendered in 1971, thousands of people sang the national anthem in chorus.
The Ganajagaran Mancha organisers said people in different districts and also abroad observed the historic moment.
