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Throwing his Indian shawl away, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called for the boycott of Indian products.
Ever-since “India Out” movement was launched in Bangladesh following the January 7, 2024 elections, Weekly Blitz newspaper and I have been repeatedly saying, Al Qaeda-connected ultra-Islamist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ideological allies such as Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and other Islamist forces are behind such anti-India and anti-Hindu conspiracy. As our exposure had put BNP into extreme discomfort as it wanted to patronize and encourage “India Out” notoriety from behind the screen and ultimately take political advantage of its once its spreads throughout Bangladesh, anti-Awami League media outlets such as The Daily Star made foul attempts of discrediting claims made by me and Weekly Blitz about BNP’s involvement.
On February 1, 2024, Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star gave a huge space in his newspaper to an Islamist propagandist named Qadaruddin Shishir, who wrote a lengthy article claiming BNP is not involved in “India Out’ campaign. He also said, BNP does not have any connections with Al Qaeda.
It may be mentioned here that, the most disconcerting revelation pertaining to Shishir’s past is – during his formative years at university, he was an active participant in Jamaat-e-Islami, an ultra-Islamist militant group in Bangladesh. This is not mere hearsay; it’s corroborated by multiple Facebook posts from Shishir, which were later deleted but have been documented. Such affiliations are not to be taken lightly. They raise a red flag about his current role, given that extremist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami often engage in ideological indoctrination that can have a lasting impact.
In the February 1, 2024, propaganda stuff published in The Daily Star, Jamaat-e-Islami’s activist Qadarudding Shishir made foul attempts of hiding facts about involvement of ultra-Islamist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which also has connections with Al Qaeda from its recently launched ‘India Out’ notoriety…
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