Pro-AL men foil pro-BNP event
Activists of Bangabandhu Projonmo League, a pro-ruling party body, attack a rickshaw carrying a megaphone of Deshnetri Forum, a pro-BNP organisation, before Jatiya Press Club in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR
The supporters of a pro-ruling party body foiled the human chain programme of a pro-BNP organisation, Deshnetri Forum, in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Bangabandhu Projonmo League activists and supporters also assaulted the BNP workers and vandalised the loudspeakers and a rickshaw in presence of police. Deshnetri Forum workers ran for safety into the press club. Around 50 activists of Deshnetri Forum formed the chain around 10:30am, while the pro-Awami League formed its human chain in front of the Forum's, leading to a dispute. At one point, the pro-AL supporters vandalised a loudspeaker and a rickshaw where the megaphone was kept and assaulted Deshnetri Forum's supporters. Vehicular movement was halted on the road due to the incident for some time. Deshnetri Forum chairman Shahid Chowdhury alleged that the pro-AL activists intentionally attacked them in presence of police and the prime minister to take action against the culprits who assaulted BNP men and did vandalism. Shahid Chowdhury told this to journalists at the press club premises, while Bangabandhu Projonmo League was holding its programme outside. The pro-AL organisation leaders however claimed in their speeches that their activists did not assault anyone. Deshnetri Forum organised the human chain demanding clearing BNP leader Tarique Rahman of arms haul charges, while Bangabandhu Projonmo League formed the human chain demanding ban on fundamentalism in politics and immediate trial of war criminals. State Minister for Law Advocate Quamrul Islam told the pro-AL programme that the ruling party activists had shown enough tolerance compared to that of BNP. He also said no one could prevent the war crimes trial, and the trial of some war criminals would be completed by this year.
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