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He told a news conference on Friday: “Whether Mahfuz Anam’s journalism is a mask for objectivity or not has now become a big question on people’s minds. We reject with disgust the statements made by Mahfuz Anam el August 21 and the country’s leader (BNP president Khaleda Zia) in his authoritarian and dishonest one-sided trial. “
Mahfuz Anam’s article was published in the Daily Star on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy on September 15 under the title “After thirty years of removal of the autocracy, democracy remains a distant dream.”
There, he wrote, “those who had doubts about Khaleda Zia’s direct involvement in the grenade attack on Bangabandhu avenue on August 21, 2004, in which 24 people died, also felt ‘duped’ by the reaction of the then government. from BNP “. The government failed to conduct a “credible investigation” into the attack, adding to the “suspicion of government involvement” in the attack.
Mahfazu Anam writes that the statements made in the then BNP majority parliament were “not only false” but also showed “contempt” for the common man’s understanding. After this, there have been ’embarrassing incidents’ and ‘public appearances’ from the Judge Mia drama.
Rizvi called the statement in the article “blatant, misleading, malicious and incoherent lies.”
Referring to Mahfuz Anam’s role in the army-backed interim government, he said:
“One of Shakespeare’s lines comes to mind: ‘There are more things in heaven and on earth.’ I can’t say what happened in heaven, but the fact that there are so many different people in the world is very compelling. , Lord Mahfuz Anam. “
Criticizing the article, BNP leader Rizvi said: “Speaking of democracy, he (Mahfuz Anam) has repeatedly criticized the BNP government, which amounts to yellow journalism and blatant praise for the current Midnight government.”
“He has repeatedly apologized to the government for fabricating false stories and is now competing with the government to punish him.” The vision-mission of his writing is to publish fabricated and baseless stories against the BNP. Whether out of fear or desire to consume, it is now their worship to please the Awami government who is engaged in undemocratic and reckless behavior. Mahfuz Anam has now become a worshiper of Awami neo-Nazism. “
Rizvi commented that Mahfuz Anam was cheating on his father, Abul Mansur Ahmed, a multi-talented writer, politician, journalist-editor.
He said: “Mahfuz became Anam’s charioteer and various members of the so-called civil class were involved in a deep conspiracy to establish the democracy of one-eleven by killing democracy in this country. Non-transparent journalism has acted as an agent for foreign financiers and domestic spies. Mahfuz Anam’s role in destroying democracy and the rise of fascism in Bangladesh will be a stigmatized story. “
The BNP’s deputy general secretary alleged that after 2001, under the leadership of Mahfuz Anam, various issues were created to create “political instability.”
He said: “On January 11, 2006, some people from civil society achieved their first objective through illegal occupiers of power. The editor of the Daily Star, Mahfuz Anam, was instrumental in achieving that goal. That day he rejoiced with the government of Fakhruddin Ahmed.
“He proudly wrote a column about his achievements behind bringing in this government – ‘Two leaders have to say goodbye.’ Article after article was published in the Daily Star Group welcoming an undemocratic dictatorial dictatorship backed by the military rather than a democratic government “.
Rizvi alleged that the editor of the Daily Star had played an important role in laying the groundwork for the arrest of the country’s politicians at the time in implementing the “minus two formula.”
He said: “In the eyes of Mahfuz Anam, it is all the fault of the politicians, all the politicians are extortionists-thieves. They just built a mountain of illicit wealth. The list was also published in the Daily Star with fabricated accusations against politicians. More than 150 leaders were jailed ”.
Commenting that the country has become a ‘theater of executioners’ under the current Awami League government, Rizvi said: “Mr. Mahfuz is now spreading awareness of democracy in the nation by protesting the BNP. We believe that your article (Mahfuz Anam) is a new addition to journalism for democracy by Maya Kanna and Halud. Remember, when the vulture cries, it cries for the cow, not for some tragic animal tragedy. “
In a 2016 television discussion, the BNP’s senior deputy general secretary also mentioned Mahfuz Anam’s ‘apology’ for publishing news without sources.
Former student leaders Fazlul Haque Milon, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Nazim Uddin Alam, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohail, Azizul Bari Helal, ABM Mosharraf Hossain, Mir Sarafat Ali Sapu, among others, were present at the press conference at BNP head office in Naya Paltan. Present were Saiful Alam Nibar, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Abdul Qadir Bhuiyan Jewel, Rajib Ahsan, Asadul Karim Shahin.
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