'Panchagarh mayhem is part of BNP’s countrywide chaos'

Dr. Hasan Mahmud, minister of information and broadcasting and joint general secretary of the Awami League (AL) and, claimed on Monday that the BNP and its supporters are scheming across the country in many ways and that the recent Panchagarh mayhem is not an isolated incident.

"BNP and their allies are busy with hatching conspiracies across the country. The fundamentalist organizations with whom the BNP engages in politics aim to wreak havoc. And the chaos in Panchagarh is part of their creating chaos nationwide," he added in response to a question from media in his ministry's conference room at the Secretariat.

According to the minister, BNP engages in communal politics. Individuals who attack the Ahmadiyya community are in the registry of police and most of the attackers are BNP sympathizers. 

They had created a chaos and carried out attacks and two men were killed by the attackers, he added. 

On the other hand, he said, the incidents of Science Lab and Sitakunda were accidents. But hearing the statement of Mirza Fakhrul, it seems that he will tell that the government is responsible if someone’s stove catches fire, he added. 

Earlier, the minister exchanged views with newly-elected executive committee members of Bangladesh Photo Journalists Association (BPA).

The photojournalists capture the contemporary issues and the history. Even, some photos open the third eye of a society, said Hasan.

BPA president Indrajit Kumar Ghosh, vice presidents Nasim Sikder and Jahid Uddin Ahmed Saimon, general secretary Kazi Borhan Uddin, joint secretaries Babul Talukder and Delowar Hossain Badal, treasurer Abdul Aziz Faruqui, organizing secretary Mobarrak Hossain, publicity secretary Abdullah Al Momin, sports secretary M Khokan Sikder, office secretary Md Rafiqul Islam and members Al Amin Lion, Md Mohubar Rahman, Mashiur Rahman Suman and SA Masum, among others, took part in the meeting.