Sajeeb Wazed questions US stance on BNP‍‍`s involvement in violence before polls

Referring to two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (BNP’s student front) activists arrested with a “huge cache of explosives” in Dhaka, Sajeeb Wazed raised a question over the stance of the US embassy in Dhaka, and asked when the US State Department will “sanction BNP”.

Md Nayon and Md Alamin, both Chhatra Dal activists, were involved in making and supplying petrol bombs and improvised bombs and had been acting at the directives of local BNP and Jubo Dal leaders, according to media reports.

“So when is @usembassydhaka going to recommend @StateDept sanction BNP as a terrorist organization? Or are they going to be hypocrites like they usually are,” Sajeeb Wazed, known for his role in developing Bangladesh’s digital landscape and chairperson of Center for Research and Information (CRI), tweeted from his verified X account.

The tweet generated a heated discussion on social media and some netizens were seen posting news links with visuals from CCTV footages showing leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies carrying out vandalism and setting buses on fire.

As the US State Department imposed visa restrictions, the role of US came under the scanner with reports of a key Jamaat-e-Islami leader meeting a US diplomat ahead of October 28 rallies.

Jamaat has vowed to enforce Sharia law in the country.

At a recent US State Department briefing, a reporter highlighted a tragic incident in Bangladesh where arsonists attacked a Dhaka-bound express train, resulting in the death of four individuals, including a woman and her three-year-old child, and asked for the administration’s stance.

The State Department spokesperson responded that he was “not familiar with that specific incident.”