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BNP rally doubts AL sincerity in probe

Staff Correspondent
Leaders of the ruling BNP at a rally in the capital yesterday questioned the sincerity of the main opposition Awami League (AL) to unearth the truth behind the grenade attack on its August 21 rally and blamed it for obstructing the investigations by the judicial commission and Interpol.
The government has taken all steps to identify the- culprits •involved in the attack, ascertain their motive and punish them, but the AL wants resignation of the government in a bid to ride to power through the backdoor capitalising on the incident, they said.
"It is apparent from the activities of Awami League they (AL) do not want investigation into the August 21 incident as they are not accepting the probes by Judicial Inquiry Commission and internationally recognised Interpol. Rather, the party is calling hartals and creating anarchy to hinder investigation," said BNP Secretary General Abdul Matman Bhuiyan.
Addressing a mammoth public rally at Muktangon, Bhuiyan pointed out Interpol is an international organisation and it has the mandate of the UN. Interpol will decide whether it requires any other body to assist it investigate the incident, he mentioned.
Tens of thousands of BNP activists and supporters joined the rally called to protest the August 21 grenade attack, other acts of violence and bids to create anarchy in the country.
City BNP chief and Dhaka Mayor Sadequc Hossain Khoka chaired the rally. Unprecedented security measures were taken for the rally with hundreds of law enforcing agency personnel deployed in and around the rally venue.
On AL's demand for resignation of the government, Mannan Bhuiyan said it is intended to create anarchy, destroy the economy and also kill democracy. But he reaffirmed the coalition government will not resign even a day before expiry of its tenure.
About AL's agitation against violence, Bhuiyan, also minister for LGRD and Cooperatives, said, "AL's track record shows it was never for eliminating violence. The partyitself kills people, resorts to violence, explodes bombs and trains its activists to make and explode bombs."
Blasting the AL for enforcing hartals and student strikes, he said it is causing immense sufferings to
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people and obstructing post-flood rehabilitation.
BNP Standing Committee member and Health Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain alleged the AL is trying to save the bomb attackers instead of helping the government to arrest them.
"They (AL) have formed private inquiry committee and are calling hartals to hide the bomb attackers. Sending of injured party leaders and activists abroad in the name of treatment is part of its non-cooperation with government that wants to go to the bottom of the incident," he added.
Law Minister Moudud Ahmed said the AL is not happy that for the first time Interpol is in Bangladesh to investigate an incident because it (AL) does not want a proper probe to get at the truth. The AL did not investigate any of the bomb attacks during its rule and it is also obstructing investigation now.
Environment Minister Tariqul Islam termed the bomb attackers enemies of the country, people and democracy and urged all to cooperate with the government to identify the criminals to stop recurrence of such incidents.
BNP leaders and ministers including Khandaker Mahbubuddin Ahmed, Shahjahan Siraj, Akbar Hossain, Abdullah Al Noman, Mirza Abbas, Selima Rahman, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Fazlur Rahman, Amanullah Aman, Barkatullah Bulu, Kamrul Islam, Salahuddin Ahmed, Shamsuzzaman Dudu, SA Khaleque, Moazzem Hossain Alal and Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu also addressed the rally.
Some speakers even held the main opposition party itself responsible for the mayhem to create a situation to capture power through the backdoor.
Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain alleged the AL itself is involved in all incidents of bomb blasts in the country since the 1999 explosion at Udichi's programme in Jessore.
Housing and Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas asked AL leaders and activists to refrain from attending party programmes because party chief Sheikh Hasina wants to assume power at the cost of their blood. "Hasina's politics is based on killings and she wants to capture power even by killing her own partymen," he added.
BNP Joint Secretary General Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said the AL sent many of its leaders to India as soon as an Interpol team arrived in Dhaka because it apprehended the names of its leaders engaged in the August 21 attack might come to light.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Fazlur Rahman said it is mysterious that not a single bomb exploded on the dais at the AL rally.
Sadeque Hossain Khoka said BNP government will ensure a proper probe into the bomb incident and never implicate innocent people as the AL government did. "We will ensure a free, fair and impartial investigation to put an end to recurrence of such incidents."
He expressed his surprise at the leftleaning political parties joining hands with a "fascist party" like Awami League. He urged them to keep off any AL-led alliance.