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People to try alliance govt for sitting on verdict

Says Hasina

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the people would execute the verdict of the Bangabandhu murder case as the BNP-led alliance government has sided with the killers.
"The people of the country will hold trial of the BNP-Jamaat-led government for not executing the verdict of Bangabandhu murder case," Hasina said. She was addressing a discussion organised by her party to commemorate the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.
Hasina, also Awami League (AL) chief, said the government has rewarded the killers of Bangabandhu instead of bringing them to justice.
"Bangabandhu's killers have been appointed to the foreign ministry and made MPs through the February 15 election in 1996," the AL chief said.
She alleged the BNP government has not only rewarded the killers but also rehabilitated the war criminals in politics.
The coalition government is siding with the killers of Bangabandhu and trying to erase his name from the Liberation War
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history, Hasina said.
The AL chief further said the suffering of the commoners have reached its peak due to exorbitant prices of essentials.
"The government's response to the price hike suggests as if they (government) have launched a war against the people," she added.
On the presidential mercy to Jhintu, a BNP leader convicted of a double murder, Hasina said, "The government is always keen to protect the interests of killers.
"Read the interview of the family of the victim of Jhintu, and think what an unjust thing you have committed by granting him clemency," Hasina made a plea to the president.
Speaking at the discussion, AL presidium member Suranjit Sengupta said the people of the country would come forward to execute the verdict of the Bangabandhu murder case.
AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil told the discussion the execution of Bangabandhu murder case verdict is only possible if the pro-Liberation War forces come to power.
Bangladesh Bar Council Vicepresident Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud said the August 21 carnage would not take place had the
killers of Bangabandhu been punished.
"The verdict of the Supreme Court would no longer be required as the people would execute the verdict of Bangabandhu murder case," he observed.
"The nation can't expect anything from the judges, who feel embarrassed to sit for the trial," Rokan mentioned.
AL presidium members Abdur Razzak, Tofail Ahmed, Amir Hossain Amu, Sajeda Chowdhury, Motia Chowdhury, Syeda Johara Tajuddin, Dhaka University Teachers Association President Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, former vicechancellor of Dhaka University AK Azad Chowdhury and Supreme Court Bar Association President Mahbubey Alam also addressed the meet.