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Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday alleged that BNP was directly involved in the BDR carnage, which took place on February 25 in 2008.
“The Awami League came to power in 2008 after a landslide victory in the elections in January that year. It is a common sense that no government wants to be involved in any incident that could destabilise it,” he argued.
“The BNP leaders, like [Ruhul Kabir] Rizvi Ahmed, are talking insane out of frustration, as after the 2024 elections they have no existence. They exist only in the television channels,” the foreign minister said when asked to comment on Rizvi’s remark that the AL was responsible for the BDR killing.
Talking to reporters at his residence in Dhaka city, Hasan Mahmud pointed out that those killed in the carnage were members of families linked to the Awami League.
In this connection, he added that before the carnage, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia left her cantonment residence early in the morning, which was very unusual because she was not an early riser.
“It means that she knew about the incident beforehand. So all of these prove that it was the BNP that was directly involved in the carnage in order to destabilise the government.
Responding to a question, the foreign minister said that he had a detailed discussion with the visiting US team on Sunday where issues related to taking bilateral ties to a new height were focused.
“I have told them that President Biden’s letter to our Prime Minister contributed a lot to further solidifying the bilateral ties.”
Asked whether the US team took a one-sided view as they had meetings with pro-BNP civil society members, he said that it was up to them.
“However, maybe those persons requested an audience with the US team. I hope in future they will meet with people of all quarters,” he added.