The Mancha will start the case in a court on Sunday, General Secretary Md Al Mamun said at a press conference in Dhaka on Saturday amid calls for calm from the government. Obaidul Quader, general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said at a separate programme that the government does not want confrontation and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was looking after the statue issue. Al Mamun said Mamunul, joint secretary general of Hifazat-e Islam, and Faizul, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, threatened to tear down Bangabandhu’s statue and dump the debris into the Buriganga river. The situation will devolve into a “catastrophe” if legal action is not taken against these Islamist leaders, he said. If sculpture is not against Islam there, how can it be in Bangladesh?”

Source: bd News24 December 05, 2020 13:30 UTC