The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday demanded that the list of 487 persons who had taken shelter in cantonments following the fall of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 to be made public soon.
鈥楳ake the list of 487 people who took shelter here [in the cantonments] public immediately,鈥� BNP standing committee member Hafizuddin Ahmed said while talking to reporters after placing a wreath at the grave of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman in the capital on the occasion of the 32nd founding anniversary of BNP鈥檚 associate body, Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal.
He questioned whether there was any fear in publishing the list. These miscreants must be restrained to make this revolution a success, he added.
The BNP leader also urged the interim government to drop the 鈥榗ontroversial persons鈥� from its advisery council and induct more students in it instead, if needed.
He said his party would support this interim government to fulfil the goals of the student-people revolution.
鈥楤ut they [interim government] have to understand the essence of the revolution. Run the government with those who participated in the revolution,鈥� he added.
Citing that they don鈥檛 need intellectuals in the government, who stood silent in the tough times, he said.
鈥榃e want this government to be formed with real revolutionaries. It is our expectation,鈥� he said, adding that they had seen no one of this government other than law adviser Asif Nazrul participated in this revolution.
Pointing at this government, he said this is not an NGO government rather it is the government of the people of Bangladesh.
Those who tortured the people of Bangladesh for 16 years must be brought to book, he said.
Talking about secret detention centre Aynaghar which was created by the Awami League government, the BNP leader said this interim government particularly its defence adviser along with journalists should have visited this Aynaghar to show how they brutally tortured and killed innocent people.
鈥業f people who strengthened the fallen Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 regime remain in the advisory council of the interim government or the administration; they should be removed,鈥� he said.
