Jamaat says government has failed to curb cocktail blasts and arson across the country

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has condemned and protested the government's failure to curb cocktail explosions and arson on public transport by fallen fascists across the country. The party's Secretary General, Mia Golam Parwar, made the remarks in a statement on Tuesday (10 November).

In the statement, the Jamaat secretary said fallen fascists and Awami terrorists are disrupting public safety by exploding cocktails and setting fire to buses and other public transport in the capital Dhaka and across the country. But the government's law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies are failing to stop them.

Golam Parwar said that in recent days, terrorists have exploded cocktails and set fire to public transport and various installations, including the CID office, in at least 50 places across the country, including Mohakhali, Khilgaon, Pallabi, Farmgate and in front of the court in the capital. Yet the government's intelligence agencies and law enforcement have been unable to take any effective action, which is deeply concerning.

He cited the blockade of the Jajira-end toll plaza of the Padma Bridge and a cocktail explosion there, and the incident in Tungipara, Gopalganj, where leaders and activists of the banned Chhatra League took out a protest march carrying sticks and set fire to a police vehicle. In Faridpur, a driver named Kalachan Sheikh (34) died in a bus fire, which, the statement said, recalls the horrific incident at Paltan on 28 October 2006.

He further said that because the July Charter was not implemented after the July Revolution of 2024, the referendum verdict was not implemented, and the constitution and state structure were not reformed, fascists are getting the opportunity to carry out such terrorist activities.

He alleged that without the astonishing inaction of the government's law enforcement and intelligence agencies and a kind of indirect cooperation, it would not be possible for fascists to carry out such rampage across the country. For this reason, the BNP government cannot evade responsibility for these terrorist activities, the statement said.

The Jamaat leader said the government must take effective steps to ensure the country's stability and citizens' safety. As a responsible opposition party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has offered criticism, cooperation and advice in various ways to ensure citizens' safety and establish their rights, but the BNP government is not paying heed to it.

He commented that this has deepened the crisis in the law-and-order situation. He also alleged that the government is proceeding with a ploy to shift the blame for the crisis created by its irresponsibility towards the people onto the opposition.

The statement said the government's ill-intentioned desire to blame the opposition for the instability created in the country will not be fulfilled. He said the government must crush the Awami League's arson terrorism, attacks and explosions with a firm hand. Otherwise, the government itself will have to bear the blame for this failure.

He further said that to resist fascists, the government must immediately implement the July Charter and the referendum verdict and bring changes to the constitution and state structure, so that no fascist can rise again and terrorism cannot continue in Bangladesh.

Otherwise, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will be forced to announce a new programme to realise the people's just demands — which, the statement warned, would create a dilemma for the government on both sides.

At the same time, the statement demanded that the government compensate those harmed in the terrorist attacks and ensure proper medical treatment for the injured.