The veteran politician calls for caution in claiming credit for unprecedented changes from the uprisingClaiming Jamaat patriotic is 'a cruel irony of history’, says JaSaD chief RabASM Abdur Rab, the first person to hoist the flag of Bangladesh, has called the Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s claim of the party being patriotic “a cruel irony of history”. In a statement on Friday, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, or JaSaD, President Rab responded to Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman’s remarks. He said, “To label Jamaat-e-Islami as a patriotic force in an independent country, despite its stance against the Liberation War of 1971 and its involvement in crimes against humanity, is nothing but a cruel irony of history. Rab described Shafiqur’s remarks as “an insult to freedom-loving people”. The veteran politician said, “For the past 15 years, the nation has witnessed politics that denies the heroism, struggle, and sacrifices of others to proclaim their own supremacy.

Source: bd News24 January 03, 2025 16:58 UTC