BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman had started the politics of killing and disappearance in the country, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud.
He came up with comment while addressing a virtual discussion organised by Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) on Monday (August 30), marking the National Mourning Day.
Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary, said Zia killed hundreds of members of armed forces to cling to the power.
“People were killed after being taken away from prisons also. BNP leaders including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi should remember how many people were killed and disappeared by Zia,” he added.
He said even the then Dhaka city Chhatra League general secretary Mahfuz Babu and Moulavi Sayed of Chattogram, who protested the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu, were not spared from the politics of killing by Zia.
“Zia was actively involved in the killing of Bangabandhu. So, the BNP men have no right of talking about the killing and disappearance, he added.
He said not only a few misguided army personnel killed Bangabandhu, Khandaker Mushtaq, and Ziaur Rahman were also the main conspirators behind the murder.
In the meeting, the minister urged the journalists to play a role in unveiling the information behind the fierce killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Hasan said the journalists can play a pivotal role in presenting the real background to the countrymen behind the killing of five AL lawmakers at Eid prayers during the time of rebuilding a war-torn country, torching at jute warehouse and other conspiracies against the country.
