Quader warns ‘those trying to manipulate Rohingya issue’
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was the mastermind behind the killings of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, reports BSS.
“Zia was the mastermind behind Bangabandhu killing on 15 August 1975 and his son Tarique Rahman was the mastermind of the 21 August grenade attack,” he said while addressing a discussion in the capital.
Jubo Mahila League organised the meeting at AL’s Bangabandhu Avenue Central Office, marking the 44th martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Mourning Day.
Speaking as the chief guest, Quader said the people, who were involved in barbaric killings in the history of the world, did not able to get a normal death.
Recalling the death of Mir Jafar, who was involved in the killing of Nabab Siraj ud-Daulah, he said: “When we look at the assassinators of Bangabandhu, we observe the same thing.”
Terming the Bangabandhu killing one of the most barbaric killings in the world history, Quader, also ruling Awami League general secretary, said women and children got escaped the killings of Karbala but they were not spared on 15 August 1975.
If Ziaur Rahman did not patronise the killers of Bangabandhu and stop the process of trial in the Bangabandhu killing by proclaiming the indemnity ordinance, Quader said, he would had not been killed.
About Rohingya problem, he said there is an international plot over Rohingya issue and a vested quarter of the country is also involved in the conspiracy.
“We’ve information about the people who are playing dirty game with Rohingya issue… We will take action against them in time,” the AL general secretary said.
UNB adds: Trashing the claims that Rohingyas will never leave Bangladesh, Quader further said the government is working to repatriate Rohingyas.
More than 1.1 million Rohingyas are currently living in camps in Cox’s Bazar. Most of them came here after 25 August 2017 when the Myanmar army and their local collaborators launched a brutal offensive targeting the mainly-Muslim ethnic minority.
Responding to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s allegation that they did not have adequate security, Quader said: “I don’t think any other opposition party in South Asia enjoys the sort of security as them (the BNP).”
People will justify their allegation of insecurity, Quader said, adding that the opposition party leaders are moving freely and saying whatever they like.
