Editorial
Jamaat-Shibir men run amok
Rein them in
JAMAAT-SHIBIR activists struck terror in different parts of the city on Wednesday damaging police and public vehicles, hurling brickbats and cocktails. They were said to be protesting government's decision to debar war crimes convicts from getting registered as voters,
Clearly, the Jamaat-Shibir activists by their violent acts were demonstrating their support for those who stood against the people's struggle for independence in 1971. This is an instance of unabashed display of arrogance, lack of remorse and open defiance of our independence and its history.
And it is also not for the first time that they have been wreaking havoc on public life by destroying public properties and engaging in bloody skirmishes with the police. Since last November they started such street violence protesting the verdicts pronounced by International War Crimes Tribunal against those who committed crimes against humanity. Dozens of people have died and scores hurt so far in the violence.
What are they trying to convey with their destructive activities? To establish the voting right of war criminals by attacking police and terrorizing the public? Do they think the people can be clubbed into yielding and accepting their outrageous demands? They must put a stop to this madness and behave.
The public have long been silently watching their violence in the name of protests with sufficient tolerance. But their tolerance should not be taken for granted.
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