Oust protectors of fanatic forces from power

Time has come to resist the fundamentalist forces, he said and called upon the people to rally round Awami League for this. This government should be dislodged to resist the fundamentalist forces because it is protecting them, he said.

The "corrupt and inefficient" four-party alliance government has already tarnished the image of the country abroad. It is now planning to establish a fundamentalist state, he alleged.

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The people who made the string of bomb blasts on Wednesday thrived under the protection of the government, he claimed. So, the government is to be blamed for this.

He was addressing a public meting at Comilla Town Hall ground on Friday marking the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Peace will not be established in the country till removal of this government from power, he said.

Organised by the district unit of Bangladesh Chatra League, it was addressed by, among others, former lawmakers Abdul Hakim, Tajul Islam and AHM Mostafa Kamal (Lotus Kamal); former Whip and district AL acting general secretary Mojibul Haque, News Editor of ATN Bangla Noyeem Nizam and BCL central Secretary General Nazrul Islam Babu.

Tofael claimed that law and order had started deteriorating under the rule of the alliance government as the ruling party men are sheltering criminals. Ruling party men are also involved in acts of violence and extortion.

But most of crimes go without trial as the government has also politicised the judiciary, the former minister alleged.

The government failed to arrest any of the killers of Shah A. M. S Kibria but is harassing Awami League activists in the name of investigation. This is only to cover up the murder, he alleged.

Tofael said the government is killing Awami League leaders and activists by engaging police and Rab. Bangla Bhai men are also killing our party workers under the protection of ruling party men.

Realising a sure defeat in the next parliamentary election, the alliance government is now trying to cling to power through repression, he said.