"If Jamaat wants to walk this path (militancy), they will face destruction. "
SALAHUDDIN BABAR
executive editor of Naya Diganta,
about the possibility of Jamaat-e-Islami becoming an underground militant force if banned.

"We have information that Jamaat may go for very provocative acts to instigate violence by burning religious materials and blaming others for that. "
MAHBUBUL ALAM HANIF
a special assistant to the prime minister
about Jamaat-e-Islami's ploy to create anarchy in the country

"Existence of the BGMEA building there is like a malignant tumour at the scenic place."
SHEIKH HASINA
prime minister
expressing her disappointment over the construction of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building on Hatirjheel canal

"Sagar and Runi were media personalities. Journalists and people destroyed all the important evidence while visiting the spot just after the killing and before police came to the scene."
MK ALAMGIR
home minister
About progress in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case.

"Even Awami League does not despise Jamaat as much as we do because we know where the conflict between Jamaat and Islam lies."
MUJIBUR RAHMAN HAMIDI
joint general secretary of Khelafat Andolon
denying their alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami in creating the anarchy on February 22.

"I was called a razakar even three years back. If I am a razakar then Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is Razakar's commander."
KADER SIDDIQUI
chairman, Krishak- Sramik Janata League
about labelling him a collaborator since he writes for Jamaat-e-Islami backed media Noya Diganta and Diganta Television.

"Where in the world is a law that a person cannot watch a swearing-in ceremony dispassionately? Dose every person watching it have to be jovial?"
SUMAN MUKHOPADHYAY
director of Kangal Malsat, a Paschimbanga film
after his film was refused clearance certificate by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) claiming it insults West Bengal's chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

 

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