Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, the youth body of the ruling AL, has submitted a four-point memorandum to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and the Election Commission (EC) demanding a ban on BNP-Jamaat politics, reports UNB.
Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary Md Mainul Hossain Khan handed over the memorandum to the home minister at the Secretariat on Thursday afternoon.
Regarding the matter, home minister told reporters that action would be taken as per law.
Apart from demanding a ban BNP-Jamaat politics, the points include posthumous trial of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, extradition of the convicted Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman to the country, and implementation of the punishment for self-confessed fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by bringing them back.
The Jubo League chairman said: "It is clear to the public that Ziaur Rahman was the mastermind of the 1975 assassinations as they were the beneficiaries. They are the ones who formed the party by raising the gun.”
"The atrocities committed by this organization on the people of Bangladesh after 1975, the way they have committed terrorism, torture, murder and violence following the pattern of 1971, we morally think that BNP-Jamaat have no right to do politics in this country,” he added.
Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash further said, "Secondly, we want a posthumous trial for Ziaur Rahman. This is the hope of today's youth and all those who are struggling to ensure a progressive, secular, developed Bangladesh. Without this, Bangladesh will not be free of stigma. Therefore, we believe that the posthumous trial of Ziaur Rahman is the need of the hour and a just demand. We are here today to present this demand.”
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
