Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat has demanded the arrest of Posts and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his remarks against hajj.
Advocate Moshaheb Uddin Bokhtiar, central member secretary of the party's coordination committee, made the statement on Tuesday afternoon.
He said: “MP Latif should be arrested soon after he arrives in the country because of his recent remarks against hajj.”
Protesting his statement, he also demanded Latif's removal from the cabinet and cancellation of his membership from the parliament.
He said: “Because he [Latif] is making such statements from New York, we are assuming that he is trying to provoke militancy by conspiring with the US.”
Demanding exemplary punishment, he said the statement will provoke militants in the country itself if he is not punished.
The leader said: “Latif's duty is also to check if any defamatory comments are being made on the social media. But if he makes such remarks himself then how will he check them.”
Ahle Sunnat also gave an ultimatum to the government to fulfil their demands by October 3 or else they would declared tougher programmes after Eid.
The party will form a human chain and stage a protest rally soon after the press conference in front of the Chittagong Press Club.
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Abdul Latif Siddique's comments regarding Hajj at a reception by the Tangail expatriates in New York on Sunday evening drew criticism.
