Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday said Khaleda Zia will be considered the leader of militants and criminals until she severs ties with Jamaat-e-Islami. “The government will cooperate with Khaleda Zia if she helps law enforcers arrest its militant activists after cutting ties with Jamaat and Hefajat,” he said this while talking to journalists at the secretariat. Inu said it is now clear that Khaleda Zia wants to create violence in the country by terming the democratic government illegal and defending her party’s movement. “Khaleda’s blame on the government for the attacks on minorities is nothing but falsehood. It came in the media that the Jamaat-Shibir activists launched the attacks on the minorities,” he said. Asked whether BNP will get permission for holding meeting on January 20, Inu said it depends on the situation. “We support holding peaceful meetings in a democratic way.” – UNB
