File photo of Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy Dhaka TribuneHefazat-e-Islam is opposing a government plan to install statues of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanSajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has said that hardline group Hefazat-e-Islam, by opposing Bangabandhu’s statue, is playing the role that Jamaat-e-Islami played during the 1971 Liberation War. They are threatening to transform Bangladesh into Afghanistan,” added Joy. There was the Jamaat in 1971, and now Hefazat-e-Islam is becoming the new Razakar,” he remarked. Those who stand against Bangladesh have carried out the attack,” said Joy, grandson of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. We know how to deal with the Razakar,” he furthered.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 13, 2020 09:45 UTC