Delwar warns against attempts to foil hartal

15 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

BNP Secretary General Khondaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said the government would be responsible for any untoward situation if any attempt is made to create obstacle to June 27 hartal. “Movement against the government has already started. I urge you all to make the hartal a success in a peaceful way,” he said at a roundtable as the chief guest. If any obstacle is put in the way of hartal, the government will have to bear the responsibility for any untoward situation, and more protest programmes will follow, he warned. The Nagorik Forum organised the roundtable titled 'Freedom of press: Security of a journalist' at the National Press Club, with Forum Chairman Abdullahil Masud in the chair. The speakers also demanded immediate release of Acting Editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman and punishment to those involved in torturing him. Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed said, “We will not remain silent any longer if journalists face attacks.” BNP standing committee member MK Anwar said, “This government does not believe in the freedom of press.”