Condemning the incident in no uncertain terms, information minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday blamed BNP-Jamaat elements and extremist groups for the attack on him in London.
On Tuesday night, two unidentified youths tried to assault Inu at the reception room of ATN Bangla's London office, where he was waiting to participate in a talk show. “I think it’s a political attack since I don’t have any enemy at home or abroad. It’s a terror attack. It’s also an abominable attack on the media as the assailants attacked me at a media office,” he said.
Inu was speaking to reporters at the VIP lounge of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning after his return from London after attending the closing ceremony of an e-commerce fair there.
He said the attackers were Bengali-speaking people who did not care for democracy and the law, and added: “They don’t even have the tolerance to hear different opinions. They are cowards, terrorists and conspirators.” Inu, who is also president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), further said that communal elements, militants, war criminals and their friend, the Opposition BNP, are a threat to democracy as they do not have any respect for the rule of law.
“The attackers are the evil spirits of the 1971 Liberation War. I never thought that anybody could launch such an attack on me in London. The assailants have been identified on closed-circuit TV and will be arrested soon,” he added.
Inu, however, said nobody could silence him by attacking him in London or throwing bombs at his residence in the country.
“I will convey the message to my countrymen that none can silence me through intimidation or threat,” he added.
“If the BNP-Jamaat group does not give up the politics of attack, it is time we resisted them politically,” he said.
Speaking about the national broadcasting policy, Inu said it would be finalised by the end of the month. “The policy will safeguard the electronic media, Betar and TV. We will ensure freedom of the media. Earlier, we have seen conflicts arise between the government and the media in the absence of any broadcasting policy and we could not resolve it,” he added.
At the airport, Inu was garlanded by his party men who chanted slogans demanding punishment for his assailants.
On Tuesday night, two unidentified youths tried to assault Inu at the reception room of ATN Bangla's London office, where he was waiting to participate in a talk show. “I think it’s a political attack since I don’t have any enemy at home or abroad. It’s a terror attack. It’s also an abominable attack on the media as the assailants attacked me at a media office,” he said.
Inu was speaking to reporters at the VIP lounge of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning after his return from London after attending the closing ceremony of an e-commerce fair there.
He said the attackers were Bengali-speaking people who did not care for democracy and the law, and added: “They don’t even have the tolerance to hear different opinions. They are cowards, terrorists and conspirators.” Inu, who is also president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), further said that communal elements, militants, war criminals and their friend, the Opposition BNP, are a threat to democracy as they do not have any respect for the rule of law.
“The attackers are the evil spirits of the 1971 Liberation War. I never thought that anybody could launch such an attack on me in London. The assailants have been identified on closed-circuit TV and will be arrested soon,” he added.
Inu, however, said nobody could silence him by attacking him in London or throwing bombs at his residence in the country.
“I will convey the message to my countrymen that none can silence me through intimidation or threat,” he added.
“If the BNP-Jamaat group does not give up the politics of attack, it is time we resisted them politically,” he said.
Speaking about the national broadcasting policy, Inu said it would be finalised by the end of the month. “The policy will safeguard the electronic media, Betar and TV. We will ensure freedom of the media. Earlier, we have seen conflicts arise between the government and the media in the absence of any broadcasting policy and we could not resolve it,” he added.
At the airport, Inu was garlanded by his party men who chanted slogans demanding punishment for his assailants.
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