14 party alliance’s call to unite against evil communal forces



Staff Correspondent, Barta24.com, Dhaka
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The Awami League-led 14-party alliance has strongly condemned and protested against the communal attacks in different parts of the country including Cumilla and called upon all the people of the country to unite against this evil force irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

The leaders of the 14 parties made the call at a virtual meeting on Sunday (October 17) at 3 pm. The meeting was chaired by Amir Hossain Amu, a member of the Awami League's advisory council, coordinator of 14 parties and spokesperson. The meeting was chaired by Advocate Mrinal Kanti Das, Awami League Liberation War Affairs Secretary.

Amir Hossain Amu said that the government is determined to punish those evil forces who want to disrupt the ongoing development and progress of the country and also conspiring against the country and the people.

He said, why did they choose Cumilla? Why did they choose Noakhali? We need to find out today. I think this work is being carried out by an extremist group where the BNP-Jamaat clique has fueled it. They have to be tackled through political and social activities.

He further said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we are moving forward with determination. So we have to be alert and vigilant. We have to be vigilant against internal and international conspiracies. Supportive forces must be harnessed. We seek the cooperation of all political forces believing in the spirit of the great liberation war. We will unitedly confront these extremist-communal evils.

Awami League presidium member Begum Matia Chowdhury said, we have been witnessing these incidents since the Pakistan period. This has been happening since the 70's. This evil force has been spreading propaganda since then that Islam is gone. But in independent Bangladesh, Islam has been established in its own glory. Today it has been possible under the leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Hasina. I want 14 parties with steel like unity deal everything hard and Sheikh Hasina will show the way.

Rashed Khan Menon, president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, said no truly religious person could carry out the attack. Many temples across the country have been attacked. Have been wrecked. People have been killed. We see in the video- how they carried out this hellish torment!

He said that all the incidents in Ramu, Nasirnagar and Cumilla are based on the same formula. Communalism is spreading so much that it is present in all parties. It is necessary to bring them under the law by analyzing the differences of opinion about them. He called for special laws to protect minorities and to include anti-communal content in all curricula.

JSD president Hasanul Haque Inu said, who was behind the attack in Cumilla? The defeated force of '71 is the BNP-Jamaat. They wanted to provoke riots. But it did not happen. So I will see it as a militant attack. It's a planned attack. It is a political attack. The attack was carried out to endanger the government. The attack was carried out to overthrow the government and ahead of the next elections. This heinous tactic is to humiliate Bangladesh by using religion card. These attacks are taking place in the BNP-Jamaat partnership.

Comrade Dilip Barua, President of the Communist Party, said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is taking the country forward in the spirit of the great war of liberation. Bangladesh is ahead of India and Pakistan in the economy. But the communal groups cannot stand it. They are conspiring in the name of religion. The Cumilla incident is not an isolated incident. It is politically backed. Under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, we will be able to deal with this evil force. At the same time, he advised the 14 parties to hold anti-communal rallies and campaigns in different areas.

Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari, chairman of Tarikat Federation, said that BNP-Jamaat and extremism are all tied to the same thread. We need to be more aware. The law enforcement agencies have to be diligent. More such blows may come before the 2023 elections which must be strongly resisted. Islam does not support what is happening in the name of religion.

Jatiya Party Presidium member Ejaz Ahmed Mukta said the defeated forces of '71 have not stopped. They have gone insane to destabilize the whole country. They want to take the country back to Pakistani ideology. We have never been silent in the misfortune of the country, we will never be.

   

BUET should decide whether to have student politics or not: Gayeshwar



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Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, said that if the BUET authorities think that the BUET authorities will stop politics there for the sake of keeping the atmosphere of the campus calm and for the education of the talented children of parents who study here - that is their decision.

On Monday (April 1), Natore District BNP Joint Convenor Dewan Shaheen, who was undergoing treatment at BSMMU, made this comment in response to the questions of the journalists present after inquiring about the treatment.

Gayeshwar Chandra said, we want student politics; we have come this far by student politics. Student politics is not an obstacle. I don't want a group student organization in the classroom. Abrar, a brilliant student of BUET, was brutally killed in BUET. Not only the students, civil society and political parties of the country erupted in protest. Then the BUET authorities decided that there will be no political student organization in BUET. In the context of which BUET has taken this decision, whether it is still valid or not, whether there is any danger or not, considering the overall aspect, BUET has to decide whether there will be student politics or not.

Claiming that the condition of Jahangir Nagar University is more deplorable than the condition of BUET, the former minister said that Chhatra League leader Manik had celebrated a century of rape there. What could be more disgusting than that? In fact they are not tainted with any stigma! The more we find them tainted, the more they are embellished. One reason is to use muscle power and destroy politics as a party worker in the administration.

Mentioning the attack on Natore district BNP joint convener Dewan Shaheen, Gayeshwar Chandra said, "Our leaders and workers are often attacked by Awami League terrorists." This brutality of the rulers is going on all over the country. Still, BNP activists do not leave the field. However, without these terrorist activities and muscle power, it is not possible for an isolated government to survive politically.

In response to a journalist's question about former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment in CCU at Ever Care Hospital in the capital, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said that the government is killing Khaleda Zia in a planned way without giving her better treatment abroad. The ruling party will be happy even though the news of his death will go down in tears all over the country.

BNP Organizing Secretary Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, deputy secretary Taiful Islam Tipu and others were present at this time.

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In the 12th JS election the cost of Awami league is Tk. 2.76 crore



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The party's treasurer HN Ashikur Rahman said that the ruling Awami League spent Tk. 2 crore 76 lakh 88 thousand 120 in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election.

He gave this information after submitting the party's expenditure account to the commission in the 12th election at Agargaon election building in the capital on Monday (April 1) afternoon.

After submitting the election expenses of the ruling party, the presidium member of the party, Kazi Zafarullah, said that we had a limit of Tk. 4 crore 50 lakh. The expenditure is less than that.

At that time, the treasurer of the party, Ashiqur Rahman, said that Tk. 2 crore 76 lakh 78 thousand 120 have been spent. Our expenditure limit was Tk. 4 crore 50 lakh.

He said that the district level leaders spent on their own because of their loyalty to the party. So our expenses are reduced. Moreover, the entire expenditure in elections is not party-related. Where other parties require Tk. 10, we require Tk. 2.

In response to the question where this money was spent in the election, he said that it was spent on posters, public meetings, publicity etc.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Barrister Biplab Barua said, as a registered party, we will submit the income and expenditure account. Then there will be details.

At that time, Presidium member Kazi Zafarullah, Treasurer HN Ashiqur Rahman, Publicity and Publication Abdus Sobahan Golap, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan were present in the delegation of Awami League.

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Awami League leader's comments on parliamentary elections is viral



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General Secretary of Cumilla North District Awami League Roshan Ali Master has gone viral with his controversial comments on Debidwar parliamentary elections. There has been uproar among activists over the video that has spread online. Some reacted angrily.

On Saturday (March 30) afternoon, Roshan Ali Master gave the speech at the iftar party at his residence in Devidwar Municipal area on the occasion of pilgrimage to Makkah to perform Umrah.

In a four-and-a-half-minute video spread on Facebook, he was heard saying, "We didn't lose the vote, we lost by the mechanism." For any reason we could not get the results, 82 thousand votes is less? They have a lot of history, you will not understand them and your brother will explain them. Those whom I have made leaders do not count on me now. There are many Mir Jafars in our party, they have been and will be. If they get better, we will get better. And if it is not good after Hajj, then I will come in the field.

The leaders and workers of Debidwar Upazila Awami League expressed their immediate angry reaction to his speech.

In response, they said, "Where the Prime Minister has set an example all over the world by holding a free, fair and impartial vote, his statement calls into question the fair election." In his speech, he wanted to prove that the current Member of Parliament Abul Kalam Azad was elected by rigging the vote. They condemned such a statement.

Debidwar Upazila Awami League Joint General Secretary Principal Humayun Kabir said, 'Awami League is becoming a laughing stock to common people with these unrestrained statements. No one can stop him. Earlier, in various meetings of the 12th National Election, he has been in controversy by abusing independent candidates and his leaders and activists, which everyone has seen on social media. Awami League leaders and activists are embarrassed by these statements.

Cumilla North District Awami League General Secretary Roshan Ali Master called several times to get a statement on the matter, but he did not receive.

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BNP wants to project the country negatively: Foreign Minister



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Foreign Minister and Joint General Secretary of Awami League Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, 'BNP is most busy in portraying the country negatively. Tariq Rahman and his agents constantly spread false propaganda against the country.

He made this comment in the speech of the chief guest at the discussion meeting titled 'Role of media in building the image of Bangladesh in the outside world' at Jahur Hossain Hall of the National Press Club on Sunday (March 31).

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, "There is no achievement in portraying the country negatively. Portray the country positively. Addressing the journalists, he said, I would request you to present the country positively.

Addressing the BNP, he said, "You will see that when Indian soldiers were injured due to the attack of Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir, the opposition parties of the government all came together and sided with the government."

The foreign minister said that when the border guards of the neighboring countries fled to our country, the BNP leaders said that they fled because of the kneeling government's foreign policy. Myanmar soldiers fled to this country fearing for their lives due to shelling in their country. What does this have to do with foreign policy? This is the statement of BNP. Opposition political groups are busy all day long to portray the country in a negative light.

He said that their party leader acting chairman is sitting abroad and spreading misinformation on social media with their paid agents. And some fake pages are spreading misinformation online. They are damaging the image of the country. So the country's mainstream media has to work against them.

He also said when we started giving corona vaccination. Out of 135 countries, 130 countries could not start the corona vaccination and then the people of Bangladesh got vaccinated. And then BNP has spread false propaganda that this vaccine will not be of any use, this vaccine cannot be given. They said, ministers should be vaccinated first. So I took vaccination earlier as information minister.

Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, now they say again - about boycotting Indian products. But of course they eat onions with Indian onions in the evening. Their bride wears an Indian saree. This is their condition.

Also, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md. Mahibbur Rahman and former State Minister for Foreign Affairs were special guests in the function. 

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