<i>Don't punish them</i>
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I fully endorse the views expressed by Mr. Ahmed Ilias in his letter to the editor dated 19 Sept, suggesting equal rights to the non-Bengalis. On the other hand, the statement made by Mr. M. Emdad, Oxford, UK in his earlier letter is extremely biased & does not conform to the thinking of the modern day democratic & liberal people. At a time when everyone of us in our country is striving for a society free from communalism and racism, we should not be preoccupied with such a notion. Even if we do not consider the humanitarian aspects, we cannot ignore the constitutional and legal aspects of the issue. Most of the non-Bengalis whose forefathers are accused of collaborating with the occupation army were born after 1971 and as such guaranteed by the constitution the citizenship of Bangladesh. Depriving a whole community from the rights of citizenship on the ground of questionable allegiance is not acceptable.
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