‘BNP gets confused over political workers, terrorists’

City Desk :
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said the BNP’s activities are terrorism based as they carry out terrorism under shed of politics.
“The main weakness of the BNP leaders is that they are confused between political workers and terrorists. There is a difference between political programmes and terrorist activities. But, the BNP’s programme is terrorism based and they do terrorism in the name of politics,” he said.
The minister made the remarks on the twenty-sixth instant while replying to a query from journalists after unveiling a book titled ‘Sangbadpotre Nobboier Ganaabhutthan’ (uprising of 90’s in newspapers) at the conference room of the ministry at secretariat, reports BSS.
The Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) published the book edited by Dr Kamrul Hasan. PIB Director General Zafar Wazed was present at the function.
Replying to another query over a comment by BNP secretary general, Dr Hasan said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, through his statement, has acknowledged that there are a lot of achievements of the nation in the last 14 and a half years.
He said the government doesn’t carry out repression on anyone. But, actions must be taken against those who have carried out arson attacks and attacked police personnel apart from vandalizing vehicles and public properties under the leadership of BNP leaders, including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Criticizing a comment made by BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi as he claimed that the countrymen are on the streets to topple the government, the minister said it is a question when he made the statement whether he was awake or asleep. “Even, they could not convince their (BNP) activists to take to the streets in anywhere of the country”, he added.
In fact, he said, they (BNP) are habituated to holding programmes with 200-400 people. And now they have become adamant about seeing the presence of 2000-4000 people in their meetings, he said, adding this is the problem.
Replying to another query over raids against some unregistered IP TV and cable TV stations in Chattogram, Dr Hasan said the government-approved TV channels of the country are paying fees amounting over 20 lakh to BTRC every month. A total of 36 TV channels are now in operation while some channels will start functioning soon, he added.