DHAKA, July 17: Post the violent clashes in Bangladesh’s Gopalganj region between members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and the now-banned Awami League, which led to four AL members getting killed and two dozen injured, in firing by the army and police, ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has slammed the incident, claiming that the attack was a pre-planned conspiracy by Chief Advisor Mohammed Yunus and his “mob” gang.
Issuing a statement, the former premier called upon the citizens to unite in the spirit of progressive, democratic, modern, and non-communal ideals to “crush the tyranny of murderer-fascist Yunus”, “the godfather of mob terrorism”, and to protect Bangladesh, reports Daily Republic.
Extending her condolences to the departed, and wishing speedy recovery to the injured, she also expressed her gratitude to the “brave people of Gopalganj-born of a heroic land-for standing up and resisting Yunus.”
The NCP comprises student members who had orchestrated the July-August protests of last year which led to her ouster on August 5, 2024.
Accusing the NCP and the Yunus administration of attacking Bengali identity itself, by attacking the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the memorial museum of the 1971 Liberation War, and ‘desecrating’ the national flag, anthem, and constitution, Hasina accused the two parties of perpetrating widespread “genocide, police killings, rape, robbery, mugging, and looting.”
“The public enemy, murderer-fascist, anti-national, and patron of terrorism, Yunus – through his mob terrorism and the so-called NCP-has instigated newly emerged militant-terrorists who, following the pattern of August 5, again mobilised under the banner of a so-called ‘March to Gopalganj’ programme with the intent to demolish the resting place of Bangabandhu in Tungipara, the very heart of Bengali identity,” she added.
She further critiqued the NCP and CA Yunus’ attack on Mujibism (the tenets of Bangladesh’s political identity), and said “Bangabandhu and Bangladesh are one and inseparable. An attack on either will not go unanswered by the Bengali nation. And today, the people of Gopalganj did not sit silently. In the struggle to protect Bangladesh and Bangabandhu, the brave people of Gopalganj, despite all odds, defied tear gas, bullets, and repression, and defended Bangabandhu’s mausoleum.
“The mercenary forces of the murderer-fascist Yunus opened fire indiscriminately on innocent civilians in Gopalganj. In response, several have been martyred by law enforcement gunfire, and countless others have been seriously injured. This despicable terrorism by the state-sponsored forces and goons unleashed by murderer-fascist Yunus surpasses even medieval barbarity.
“I strongly condemn, protest, and denounce this horrific massacre and the state-patronised terrorism,” she said.
(UNI)
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