People will not allow fugitive to return easily, says Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said people in Bangladesh will not easily allow someone accused of taking many lives and fleeing the country to return.

He made the remarks at a discussion organised by the Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sanskritik Sangstha (JASAS) at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Monday evening.

Rizvi said the people of Bangladesh were generally simple but could not be stopped when they rose in anger.

Referring to the political change on November 7, he said the events had sparked a strong determination to resist not only political but also cultural aggression.

“We are not subservient to anyone, neither Delhi nor Pindi,” he said, adding that after independence, Bangladesh had found itself in a position where it had to submit to Delhi.

Commenting on recent cocktail bomb explosions, Rizvi said such incidents were taking place in alleys across the country. He questioned whether the explosions were firecrackers being set off to celebrate the possible return of Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh.