Fascist forces ‘have not stopped’ despite fall, fueled by neighbouring country: Rizvi

BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the “fascist forces” have not gone quiet despite their fall, and are secretly creating chaos with incitement from a neighbouring country.

“Even after their fall, the fascist forces have not stopped,” Rizvi said on Sunday. “They are also getting involved in secret sabotage. In some places they are carrying out bombings and cocktail explosions, and in others setting vehicles on fire. They are even creating various kinds of chaos in the garment industry.”

He made the remarks to journalists after paying tribute at the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia on behalf of the newly formed Dhaka North Unit BNP committee.

Rizvi, also the political adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has already been sentenced in several cases including crimes against humanity during the July Uprising and that the sentence would be enforced if she returns.

“Today, the fallen Hasina has been sentenced,” he said. “If she comes back in any way, her sentence will be enforced.”

Rizvi said every activity of the Awami League, whose political activities are banned, is illegal, and that law enforcement agencies would act if the party carried out any activity.

As a political party, the BNP would assist law enforcement so that the Awami League cannot carry out any more illegal activity, anarchy or terrorist acts, he said. The public and BNP leaders and activists were alert and vigilant, he added.

Claiming that followers of Sheikh Hasina were creating various kinds of chaos from inside and outside the country, Rizvi said the activities were taking place in garment factories owned by them, and that they were not allowing workers to enter. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was handling these problems skilfully, he said. He did not name any factory or owner.

He said identified miscreants wanted to achieve their petty political interests even at the cost of ruining the country.

Rizvi said the present government is alert and vigilant against all conspirators. He said action has been taken against the Chattogram police superintendent accused of leaking information to the Awami League. He alleged that miscreants were exploiting the democratic environment to carry out such acts.

Chattogram Range Reserve Force Deputy Commandant (SP) Md Jahangir Alam was questioned and his mobile phones seized over allegations of leaking sensitive police information to the Awami League. Sources at the DIG’s office said preliminary evidence had been found that he leaked sensitive information.

Rizvi added that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman hopes Dhaka North BNP will “bloom splendidly.”