Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Rashed Khan Menon yesterday blamed BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami for deforming the country’s history by claiming Ziaur Rahman first president of Bangladesh.
“BNP-Jamaat leaders are now engaged in a new conspiracy of distorting the glorious history of our independence and the liberation war. They are delivering false speeches and showing fake documents on our history to the nation,” Menon said.
The minister said Tareq Rahman was giving provocative statements against the Mujibnagar Government formed during the 1971 liberation war after failing to foil the immediate held national elections.
While inaugurating the ninth conference of Barisal unit Workers Party, Menon made the remarks as chief guest, who is also its chairman.
Menon also said the BNP-Jamaat-led alliance destroyed lives and properties to foil the January 5 polls causing cores of losses of the country although it participated in the upazila polls by realising their errors.
Regarding ongoing war crimes trial, the minister said none could prevent the trial and the incumbent government would end it at any cost.
He hinted starting movement by his party to establish rights in water of the Teesta River.
