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BNP leaders surprised at SQ Chy's suit filing

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Many leaders and workers of the BNP have reacted sharply to filing of a case against the editors of The Daily Star and the Prothom Alo by Parliamentary Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Salauddin Quader Chowdhury over a news item.
Chowdhury, who has been nominated for the post of OIC secretary general by the government, filed the case, apparently to harass the editors of the two leading national dailies, they believe.
The leaders said although the news item was published in almost
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all newspapers, but SQ Chowdhury filed the case against only two editors.
It is quite surprising that other newspapers have not been included in the case, they pointed out.
They further said filing of the case with Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil as a co-accused was a suicidal error, particularly because Chowdhury tried to align the two popular newspapers with the opposition party.
Sources said most of the BNP policymakers expressed their dissatisfaction over the filing of the case and saw it as an attempt to harass the prominent editors that would push the two major dailies towards the AL camp.
Several policymakers of the BNP said almost all the newspapers carried the report on the AL's letter to the government and are still reporting against the nomination (for OIC secretary general) of a "most controversial" man having an anti-liberation background.
They said it was not wise for the party leadership to permit SQ Chowdhury to go for legal action against the two editors, respected both at home and abroad.
Talking to The Daily Star, a frontranking BNP leader said, on condition of anonymity, "I do not understand who is running the party. Nor do I know who have advised SQ Chowdhury to file such a silly case against the two editors and the AL general secretary… have they thought of its future implications?"
He said some anti-liberation elements in the BNP have long been engaged in provoking the opposition, media and civil society, causing serious damage to the image of the party.
The leaders said people would definitely think that the case was an attempt to undermine the freedom of press.