Says Salahuddin Ahmed

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Awami League should be brought to trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity over the massacre during the July uprising, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

“We have presented it as a proposal before the people. We want the Awami League to be held accountable for genocide and crimes against humanity. For this, laws can be enacted in accordance with Article 47 of the Constitution or existing law can be amended,” he said while talking to reporters after a meeting with representatives of Hefajat-e-Islam at the BNP chairperson’s political office in the capital’s Gulshan last night.

If the political fate of the Awami League is determined through judicial proceedings, the people of this country The

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