‘Govt spotting property of Bangabandhu’s killers, ‘71’s collaborators’

Bangladesh Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is identifying the movable and immovable property of Bangabandhu's killers, convicted war criminals and “razakars” (‘71’s collaborators), in their names or others names, as part of its move to confiscate those.

"Apart from identifying their wealth, the process to confiscate those is on," she said while responding to a question from Selina Begum (Woman Seat-6) during the PM's question-answer session in parliament, reports UNB.

She said the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, those who committed crimes against humanity, convicted war criminals and “razakars”, who were involved in the killing of 30 lakh people during the Liberation War, have no scope to have property in an independent country.

"They have no right to have those," she said.

Meanwhile, in her valedictory speech in the 19th session of the current parliament, Hasina sharply criticised her arch enemy Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for making Tarique Rahman its acting chairman.

She also lambasted the main opposition political party for dropping section 7 from its charter.

"What will the party that accepts corruption as policy or support it in its charter, and accepts a corrupt leader work for the wellbeing of people? They [its leaders] can commit only plundering, killing people and corruption," he said at his valedictory speech in the 19th session of the current Parliament.

Hasina said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia might guess before the court's judgment that she would go to the jail and dropped the section 7 from BNP's charter to pave the way for corrupt and convicts to hold her party posts.

"This means BNP has accepted corruption and a convict as its leader," she said.

Immediately after a person (Khaleda Zia) landed in jail after being convicted, another person (Tarique Rahman) was given the charge (of chairman of BNP), who is also a convict and doesn't stay in the country. The fugitive convict who stays abroad taking asylum was given the charge of the party," Hasina said.

She said her arch enemy Khaleda Zia might have realised that everyone among those who can be given the charge is facing many graft cases. "All are corrupt and there're cases against all."

Turning to cases filed against her during the caretaker government, she criticised caretaker government adviser Mainul Husein not mentioning his name.

Pointing finger at him, Hasina said now a gentleman is talking tall talks. "He's a very qualified person.”

She said he mentioned in a TV talk-show that he is shocked as educated persons like him was called donkey [idiot] by Hasina in her remarks in parliament.

Hasina alleged that this gentleman along with Bangabandhu's killer Huda and Pasha formed a political party named Progotishil Ganotantrik Shakti in the 1980s and spent tens of thousands of money for the party.

"What were the sources of that money? Now we have to hear talks about democracy from his mouth!" said Hasina.

Before the formation of the last caretaker government, Hasina said, Mainul Husein had requested her so that he could be an adviser. "When we sent names for advisers, we also sent his name. But he arrested me first being the adviser and filed cases against me. He himself phoned me not to return home from abroad during the caretaker government," she said.