Different groups and organisations expressed grievances over the matter after it came to their notice on Saturday morning. The Kushtia Municipality took the initiative to build three statues of Bangabandhu at the site. “The Ministry of Religious Affairs is taking steps to do whatever is needed to establish a non-communal Bangladesh,” Haque said at a programme in Jamalpur on Saturday. Addressing the protests by Islamist groups, the state minister said, “Many issues have already been settled. On his part, Mamunul has alleged that the activists are trying to portray the issue as a confrontation between the “Islamic scholars” and Bangabandhu.

Source: bd News24 December 05, 2020 09:54 UTC