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It's an act of insurgency

Ruling party MPs slam arson attacks

Staff Correspondent
Describing the recent firebomb attacks allegedly by the BNP-Jamaat men as "acts of insurgency", several treasury bench lawmakers yesterday demanded special government measurers to contain the menace.
Suggestions for introducing new acts with stricter punishment and launching special drives of joint forces, including Bangladesh Army, were made to contain the violence during the antigovernment programmes of the BNP-led 20-party alliance since January 5. At least 50 people have
already been killed, mostly in arson attacks, and several hundreds injured in the violence.
Taking floor, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said the government was taking different steps to contain the violence "unleashed by BNP-Jamaat men".
"They will be ... wiped
out,” she said, adding that insurgency could never win over democracy.
Senior parliamentarian Suranjit Sengupta said, "Insurgency can't be tackled under the existing laws. We have to think about a new law."
Aligning the BNP-Jamaat's activities with Fascism, he urged the government to deal with the
troublemakers with an iron fist.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Moyeen Uddin Khan Badal said, "They [BNP-Jamaat] have started a low intensity insurgency in the country with two objectives. One is to weaken the law enforcement agencies and the other is to raise questions among the people on the
government's capability to run the state."
"Khaleda Zia is gangrene for the society which needs to be cut off. Cut the head that give declaration of insurgency," he said in English.
Terming killings of innocent people in buses crimes against humanity, ruling Awami League lawmaker Hasan Mahmud demanded
the house enact a new law with the provision for death penalty through a summary trial for petrol bomb throwers.
Tariqat Federation chief and MP Nazibul Bashar Maizbhandari demanded that the government deploy joint forces with army personnel to tackle the situation.
Nazrul Islam Babu, Hazi
Mohammad Selim, Junaid Ahmed Palak, Pir Fazlur Rahman, Talukder Yunus, Shawkat Chowdhury, Monirul Islam, and Tahzib Alam Siddiqui demanded the government go tough against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia "for masterminding the ongoing violence and killings”.