Political parties have proposed holding a national rally to counter India’s propaganda against Bangladesh, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said today (4 December).
“A proposal has been made suggesting that we organize a rally or council to respond to these campaigns by India,” he said while talking to reporters after a meeting of the chief adviser with major political parties, including the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami at the Foreign Service Academy.
He said, “Although there are different opinions, ideologies, and visions, they all expressed solidarity in standing united on the issue of the country’s sovereignty, existence, and independence. The message to convey is that Bangladesh is not weak. This can be communicated through a national or political rally.”
Asif Nazrul stated that representatives of all political parties were present in the meeting, except fascist [Sheikh] Hasina and her cohorts.
Speaking about the political parties’ demand, he said they asked to disclose all secret agreements that were signed during the Hasina regime.
Earlier yesterday, he met student leaders, including the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, at his official residence the State Guest House Jamuna.
During the meeting, leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement suggested forming an anti-propaganda cell.
“We discussed several issues, including recent tensions, Bangladesh’s relations with India, communal issues, rising commodity prices, the ground reality, public sentiment, and the education reform commission with the chief adviser,” the movement’s convener Hasnat Abdullah told journalists in a brief press conference in front of the chief adviser’s residence after the meeting.
TBS
