Joy’s Facebook post on Saturday said : " I
cannot but note with shame that the leader of the 'other' political party in
Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, has refused to pay her respects to the memory of our
martyrs at Shaheed Minar.
“I am still astonished by those who support
her and her party. How can you support someone who does not even respect the
martyrs of our language movement and indeed our Independence? How can you
support someone who partners with Jamaat and their war
criminals?”
“How can you support someone who orders women and
children to be burned alive? Khaleda Zia is not a national leader. She is a
national disgrace.”
Paying tribute to the Language Martyrs, Joy
wrote, “On this day, February 21st, I remember the martyrs of our Language
Movement. They gave their lives so we could speak our language,
Bengali.
“This was the beginning of our eventual movement for
Independence. My greetings to all Bengalis on this day.”
Khaleda Zia
skipped paying homage to the Language Martyrs at the Central Shaheed Minar this
year for the first time since joining politics at the start of
1980s.
BNP claimed her decision was based on security issues and the
ongoing blockade.
A number of senior party leaders said on Friday that
the chairperson would not be visiting the Central Shaheed Minar due to the
ongoing blockade.
Khaleda called the blockade on Jan 5 demanding snap
polls under a nonpartisan caretaker body, after she was obstructed by the police
to leave her office for a party rally on Jan 5, the first anniversary of the
last general election boycotted by the BNP and its allies.
She has
not left the office even after removal of the barricade.
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