Tariqat Fed slates Khaleda

4 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Bangladesh Tariqat Federation (BTF) yesterday criticised BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for terming the case against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders as 'ridiculous'. “If a national leader like Khaleda Zia made such comment on the case I wonder where the people will stand and what the future of legal procedures would be” said Syed Nazibul Bashar Maijbhandari, chairman of Tariqat Federation at a press briefing at Jatiya Press Club in the city. On July 1 the BNP chief had protested the arrest of Jamaat's three top leaders as BTF filed the case terming it 'ridiculous'. The BTF chief also criticised Khaleda Zia for labeling Tariqat Federation as an associate organisation of the ruling Awami League. He said his party is not a partner of the ruling AL-led alliance. “Besides, we are not blind supporters of all policies of the government,” he said. But BIF will remain with all pro-liberation political parties to try war criminals, he said.