{"id":10210,"date":"2024-08-12T21:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=10210"},"modified":"2024-08-12T21:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:12:46","slug":"sakhawat-hossain-urges-political-parties-to-take-steps-to-prevent-scattered-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=10210","title":{"rendered":"Sakhawat Hossain urges political parties to take steps to prevent scattered violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (Retired) M Sakhawat Hossain today urged the political parties to take steps to prevent scattered violence including incidents like attack on minority communities.He made the remarks while talking to newsmen at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after visiting Ansar members who are being treated there with injuries they suffered during the student protests.The adviser also asked those who possessed weapons illegally to submit those to police stations setting a seven-day deadline warning that otherwise they would face two charges one for holding weapons illegally and the second one is possessing the weapons which are illegal. \u201cThe (looted) rifles must be returned in seven days, by Monday next,\u201d he said adding that even 7.62 mm rifles used by military were gone to civilian hands.He said that Awami League (AL) should focus on reorganising the party understanding the people\u2019s sentiment instead of causing any fresh bloodbath.\u00a0 \u201cLet the people gather, and whatever you do, I request you, don\u2019t do anything that endangers your (Awami League) lives. The people of the country are prepared yet to accept you,\u201d he said.\u00a0 The adviser added he believed Awami League should rather re-organise the party and \u201ctake part elections when election would come and go to power if the people vote for you\u201d. Sakhawat said nobody could deny Awami League\u2019s contribution to Bangladesh but questioned how it could \u201chandover the country to someone else\u201d. \u201cWe fought for the Liberation War, (when) 3 million people gave their lives, standing on those 3 million people, you will hand over the country to another person? People of this country have not forgotten so quickly,\u201d he said. Sakhawat said \u201cthe leaders you had made are on the run, those who are being caught (by angry people), we cannot save them. Don\u2019t we know many people have saved many of your leaders?\u201d The adviser cautioned Awami League against inviting fights saying \u201cwe don\u2019t the deaths some more people\u201d. \u201cSo far, 500 or more people have lost their lives . . . police is exposed to (current) such a situation, the ansar members are exposed to such a situation,\u201d Sakhawat said.\u00a0 The adviser said the leaders of the ousted regime could not have survived if instigations were made while \u201cwe prevented the army telling them who you will kill?\u201d\u00a0 \u201c(But) whom you have killed using the police? You have killed your children,\u201d he said recalling a policeman saying his son died in police firing.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m requesting you not to provoke fresh fights . . . you should not spoil such a great party for personal interest. It (Awami League) is our pride. No one has the right to spoil it.\u201d\u00a0 Sakhawat said a \u201ccounter revolution requires bloods of thousands of people and if you think you will come to power through a counter revolution, the responsibility is yours, I have nothing to do\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0He said the young generation of the country just staged a revolution this time giving their lives, \u201cwhich you could never have given\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cThe stood to receive police shots and they have no regret . . . they will face (again) the counter-revolutionaries,\u201d Sakhwat said.Reffering to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, he said \u201cit can return since it is your country as your citizenship has not gone. You have voluntarily and nobody had asked you to do so\u201d. \u201cYou are voluntarily staying (where you are). Stay well. Come back again. We respect you . . . but creating trouble you will not gain any benefit, rather it will made people angry again,\u201d he said.\u00a0 The adviser referred Awami League to the example of Jatiya Party saying it was saved as the party\u2019s leader ousted President HM Ershad went to jail.\u00a0 \u00a0He said no ban was slapped on Awami League and \u201cbanning any party is a bad culture\u201d. Sakhawat advised Awami League to reorganize the party with new faces and new promises as it has good leaders as well. He said in pre-indepdence period Awami League emerged as a \u201cmiddle-class secular party\u201d to face the elitist Muslim League and the leader of such a great people’s party Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made this country independent.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThere is no doubt about it. None should have doubts. Liberation war was fought in his name, freedom was achieved. The party will collapse in such a way that leaders and workers have to hide!\u201d\u00a0 He urged the political parties to take steps to prevent scattered violence including incidents like attack on minority communities.\u00a0 \u00a0The adviser also asked those who possessed weapons illegally to submit those to police stations setting a seven-day deadline warning that otherwise they would face two charges one for holding weapons illegally and the second one is possessing the weapons which are illegal.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe (looted) rifles must be returned in seven days, by Monday next,\u201d he said adding that even 7.62 mm rifles used by military were gone to civilian hands.\u00a0 \u00a0The home affairs advisor also sougyht too correct a comment he made yesterday seeking to ban the media engaged in sycophancy saying he was \u201csorry about that. I said out of anger that if you flatter again I will stop. It\u2019s not my job\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0The adviser said the policemen now realized them about their actions and therefore they now wanted to get their attire changed.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThey did not want to do what they did . . . it was get done by them (police,\u201d he said.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Staff Correspondent: Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (Retired) M Sakhawat Hossain today urged the political parties to take steps to prevent scattered violence including incidents like attack on minority communities.He made the remarks while talking to newsmen at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after visiting Ansar members who are being treated there with injuries they suffered during the student protests.The adviser also asked those who possessed weapons illegally to submit those to police stations setting a seven-day deadline warning that otherwise they would face two charges one for holding weapons illegally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10212,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10210\/revisions\/10212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}