Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad called upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday to take to the streets and stage movements protesting the Israeli attacks in Gaza.
The JaPa chairman said: “I urge the government to take to the streets. We, the Jatiya Party, have proved that we love Islam and we have always stood beside the oppressed people.”
The former dictator made the statement while addressing a human chain organised by the party in front of the National Press Club, protesting the killings in Gaza.
The country has many Islamic parties but they were not staging any sort of movement to protest the Israeli attack on Gaza, he said, adding, “What is the fear? We are bearing Islam.
“I am calling upon the prime minister to protest the Israeli attacks by taking to the streets and protesting strongly.”
Ershad said: “We always hear about ‘human rights’ but now we see that the rights are of two kinds.
“One is for the western people and another is for us.”
Referring to the killing of labour leader, he said: “You [USA] have cancelled GSP opportunity for the labour leader death, but why you are silent now when hundreds of people are now being killed. What are you [USA] doing now?”
