DHAKA: After its arch social rival Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has taken on student officials for attacking the 1972 law by using “fascist” speech.
Senior BNP members criticized the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement ( ADSM), which organized the July-Aug uprising to overthrow the Sheikh Hasina government, and pointed out that the constitution, which was written as a result of the “blood of millions of martyrs,” was sacrificed. According to BNP standing council member Mirza Abbas,” statements like destroy it, destroy it, cut it off” sound the language of fascism, adding that for statements could cause confusion and division.
The 1972 Constitution had “effectively be buried on December 31,” according to ADSM leader Hasnat Abdullah, who was scheduled to deliver the” Declaration of the July Revolution” to student leaders at the Central Shaheed Minar on Sunday. ” We demand the’ Mujibbadi Constitution ‘ be declared obsolete” he had said, adding that the declaration will render the” Nazi-like Awami League irrelevant in Bangladesh”.
Mirza emphasized the significance of the law, claiming that it was the result of the Liberation War and not a piece of paper to be taken down. ” If there is any shortcoming in the Constitution, it can be amended”, he said.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, a fellow BNP part, claimed that some political parties, including those opposed to the Liberation War, were trying to use the current political environment for their own gain.
