Face politics with political strategy: Shahara

Home minister Shahara Khatun has denounced the opposition activities urging them to fight politics with political strategies. She made the request while exchanging Eid greetings with reporters at her office on Monday.

Claiming that the BNP was on a lying spree, the home minister added, "One habit that the opposition is yet to overcome is their lying mentality."
Shahara came on hard on Khandker Delwar Hossain and his statement made earlier on the bomb blast at the chief justice's residence. The home minister said that the BNP secretary general was fabricating when he claimed that the home minister had reached the spot immediately after the blast occurred.
Refuting Delwar's allegations, Shahara said she had reached the spot around 10.45pm. Different newspaper reports were enough to verify her claim. She also said that the case was filed at 12:30am and not at 9pm as was claimed by Delwar.
"The copy that BNP is showing is not of a general diary, but a preliminary diary (which the officer of a police station writes down before heading to the incident spot)," she added.
Shahara requested the opposition to refrain from lying without verifying information.
When asked what measures will be taken to tackle the anti-government movements that BNP was threatening to wage, Shahara said, "You'll all have to wait and see. People will reply if any anti-people stance is adopted."
She however added that whatever steps the government take will be following a democratic path.
As regards linking five BNP leaders' names in the blast case, the minister said that the case was filed by the police and not the government. The government had nothing to do with it. "The facts will be known only after the probe takes place."
Shamsul Haque Tuku, along with other top-ranking officials of the ministry were also present there.
-bdnews