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Parties sheltering terrorists are not democratic: Ishtiaq

By DU Correspondent
Ishtiaq Ahmed, former President of Supreme Court Bar Association Sunday said a political party could not be democratic If it harboured or covertly approved terrorism to gain political objective.
He was addressing an anti-terrorism rally at the Central Shahced Minar organised by Sammilila Sanskrillk Jot, an alliance of some cultural organisations. Justice KM Sobhan. Advocate Shamsul • lloq Chowdhury, Dr Anlsuzzaman, Dr Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, Dr Ahmed Sharif, Dr Shahadat All and Mamunur Rashid addressed the rally presided over by Fayez Ahmed, Convener of the Jote. Although the speakers spoke against terrorism, campus terrorism, particularly In the Dhaka University get preponderance.
Barrister Ishtiaq held the political parties and the government responsible for campus terrorism and said it could not hang on if they decided to stop it. Political parties pose themselves as vanguards of democracy and publicly decry terrorism an the campuses but don't not stop their student outfits to tight gunbattle to gain political supremacy. How they can be called democrales? He posed the question. They are criminals' he said.
The government has so far been a mute spectator while almost all the universities, medical colleges and some colleges are closed due to campus violence, he said.
"We should look al ourselves and go for self-criticism and realise the gravity of the situa-tion", he said.
It was not an impossible task to three the campuses from terrorism and let our boys study and grow, he said appealed to the political parties and the government to help stop the growing menace.
Dr Ahmed Sharif stress the need for sincerely on the part of the political parties where the "armed hoodlums were sheltered". He demanded clear statement from those parties and said only they could root out terrorism by expelling the terrorists from the organisation. It is high time that we speak out courageously about the situation, he said.
Advocate Shamsul Huq Chowdhury criticized the role of teachers of the universities for not taking active role in removing terrorism and said the grouping among the teachers should not involve the students.
He said the authorities of the universities tend to be free from responsibility by putting all the blame on the government. He said, "we don't send our boys at the universities depending on the government, but on the authorities", he said.
Justice KM Sobhan stressed the need for a united effort by the government and the political parties to root out terrorism.
‘ Prof Sirajul Islam Chowdhury stressed the need for an "alternative political line" free from violence and terrorism and called upon all left democratic forces to create the Une
Dr Anisuzzaman urged the polilical parties lo take Initiative to eliminate terrorism considering national interest rather than party interest.
He said it was painful for us when we had nothing to do lo save the students from a few terrorists.
Fayez Ahmed termed campus terrorism as a 'national problem' and stressed the need lo create consciousness among the people against terrorism.
Later a procession was brought oul from the Shaheed Minar which ended In front of the National Press Club.