2001 Post-Polls Persecution
Allegation against Tariqul unfounded, says Khulna BNP
Leaders of BNP Khulna district and city units have demanded withdrawal of ex-minister Tariqul Islam's name from the Judicial probe commission report in which he and 24 other ministers and lawmakers of the four-party alliance government were named involved in post-polls persecution in 2001.
Lawmaker elected from Khulna-2 constituency and city BNP President Nazrul Islam Manju raised this demand at a press conference at the party office today noon.
Former minister Tariqul Islam, who is at present president of Jessore district BNP and member of party's standing committee, was never involved in any violence during his long political career, Lawmaker Manju claimed.
He said Tariqul is still an undisputed leader in the Southwestern region of the country. So, allegation of his involvement in the 2001 post-polls violence is absolutely unfounded, imaginary and politically motivated, Manju added.
The judicial commission report has been made public with political motive at a time when BNP has made grand success in different programmes including road march against misrule of the present government, Manju further said.
When contacted to justify lawmaker Manju's claim, President of Jessore district Awami league and former-lawmaker Ali Reza Raju admitted that BNP leader Tariqul had been falsely implicated in the 2001 post-polls violence.
General Secretary of Khulna district BNP advocate Shafiqul Alam Mona, General Secretary of city BNP Moniruzzaman Moni and all ward level leaders of the party were present at the press conference.
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