Don't attack police like cowards
Matia tells Jamaat-Shibir
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday asked Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir to openly announce the date and time of encounters instead of attacking law enforcers like cowards.
“Why you cowards [Jamaat-Shibir] make freak attacks on police? Give a date and let's know the place, then come,†she told a rally, organised by the Awami Jubo League at Shaheed Noor Hossain Square in the capital. She said, “Let the country's people see where you have stashed your arms and grenades.â€
Criticising the violence of Jamaat-Shibir, Matia, also an Awami League presidium member, said her party's youth wing, the Jubo League, was more than enough to face off the Jamaat-Shibir attacks along with people.
Referring to the opposition leader's announcement of countrywide road blockade on December 9, the AL leader said Khaleda Zia announced the programme only to boost up the morale of the Pakistani army in the month of victory.
About Khaleda's claim that the present government has been trying to declare a state of emergency in the country, Matia said those having public support and records of democratic politics did not go for emergency.
The minister also criticised Khaleda for claiming her two sons to be honest. Matia said if she [Khaleda] had the courage, she should tell her sons--Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko--to go to the USA where they would face imprisonment.
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