BNP 'tail' of Jamaat
Says Dilip Barua, sniping at Dr Yunus, Fazle Hasan Abed
Terming BNP as “the tail of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami”, Industries Minister Dilip Barua yesterday said the opposition will not be able to compel the government into restoring the caretaker government system by any means.
He also criticised Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and Brac Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed for pointing out the importance of the caretaker government system to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“You can not make us retract our decision (over the caretaker government issue) by complaining to foreigners,” said Dilip.
He challenged the duo that if they really want to restore the caretaker government system, they should join politics and place their demand before the government.
Dilip was addressing a memorial meeting on Dr MA Wazed Miah, eminent nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, organised by Bangabandhu Academy at Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
He claimed that the opposition was trying to create anarchy knowing that they will not be able to go to power again.
Pointing at the opposition leaders, Dilip said, “Politics is not for those who flee their homes and take shelter at the High Court building (when cases against them were being filed).”
World University Vice Chancellor Dr Prof Abdul Mannan Chowdhury called upon the countrymen to lead a life like Dr Wazed who neither had any greed for power nor tried to misuse it even while being surrounded by a political atmosphere.
Awami League leader Advocate Yousuf Hossain Humayun called upon the university authorities to include Dr Wazed's books into its curriculum to keep his contributions to science alive.
Awami League leader Babu Satish Chandra Roy also addressed the programme, presided over by Bangabandhu Academy Adviser Mozaffar Hossain Paltu.
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