BNP capitalises on communalism

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP has been doing politics capitalising on communalism as the party believes in the politics of Pakistan ideology and extremism.

"After the national elections in 2001, the targets of their [BNP] attacks were the places of worship, houses and business establishments of the minorities. BNP terrorist forces carried out attacks on the Hindu community in various places as per directives of the then ministers and MPs," he said in a statement.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said no one was spared from the brutal torture of BNP men.

As elections are approaching, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is spreading confusions to influence people of other religions and indirectly threatening them, he said.

Not only the minority communities, Quader said, but hundreds of AL leaders and activists were the victims of BNP's terrorism.

About 24,000 AL men were killed during the BNP-Jamaat regime while many AL leaders and activists are still living an inhuman life and carrying the marks of their wounds, he said.

Quader said not only the Hindu community, BNP had failed to provide minimum security to people too.

BNP's politics has been running capitalising on religion and extremist communal forces, he said.