Rashed Khan, political assistant to the prime minister, has said that the people of Gopalganj regard the Awami League as a religion, and that the security forces are doing everything they can to bring the situation in Gopalganj under control. He hopes everything will be under control soon.
He made the comments about the current situation in Gopalganj in a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday (15 November). He also said the BNP government does not want a single person to die from security forces’ gunfire.
His Facebook post reads in full:
“During the interim government, four Awami supporters were killed by security forces’ gunfire and many were injured during the NCP leaders’ Long March to Gopalganj programme. But the BNP government does not want even one person to die from the gunfire of the security forces. The security forces are making every effort to control the situation in Gopalganj. I hope everything will be under control soon. Above all, the security forces of an elected government, a government committed to ending extrajudicial killings, certainly cannot be reckless like those of some other government.
“I saw in the news that Asif Mahmud wants to take charge of the home ministry for two weeks. Has Asif Mahmud forgotten that the heavyweight leaders of his party, including Nahid Islam, Akhter Hossain, Nasiruddin, Hasnat and Sarjis, had to return to Dhaka in army APCs to save their lives from Gopalganj? At that time many of his party’s leaders and activists even posted calls for army helicopters to rescue Nahid Islam and the others. Gopalganj is the Awami League’s place of pilgrimage, and the people here regard the Awami League as a religion. So there is no alternative to taking a tactful approach, with patience, to divert the minds of the people of this region.”
The post went viral on social media, and many people commented for and against Rashed Khan.
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