Law and order 100% under control: Home minister
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Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said if any conspiracy is planned to create unrest or an unstable situation in the country, the government and law enforcement agencies will suppress it.
He added, “The country’s law and order situation is 100 percent under control, and the government is committed to ensuring an industry-friendly and investment environment at any cost.”
Salahuddin made these remarks on Tuesday while speaking on a point of order in the National Parliament in response to the opposition leader. Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal presided over the session.
The home minister noted that setting fire to one or two vehicles or exploding a couple of cocktail bombs does not make the country’s political situation unstable. He said, “If these few incidents are put together to call the country’s law and order situation extremely dreadful - I do not think that is rational.
“If I have to give a statement regarding whether the law and order situation has improved or deteriorated, I will give it tomorrow under Rule 300. Today, I am just saying a few words. I want to reassure the public - whatever kind of conspiracy by anyone, whether inside the country, beyond the border, or combined - no conspiracy and no blueprint will be implemented here.”
Salahuddin added, “We are all committed here. If anyone creates a situation to bring back fascism, which fell in the face of July mass uprising, through any opportunity, the nation will see that - we will expose it, I do not want to say more than this. I will not speak on who is conspiring with whom. I will demonstrate credibly with absolute black-and-white documents if there is any combined conspiracy.
“If a cocktail bomb explodes on top of a car roof in front of the Business Faculty at University of Dhaka, the law and order situation in Bangladesh does not deteriorate. Setting fire to one or two vehicles under cover of night somewhere else in some abandoned bus or unattended vehicle where the driver and helper are not present, does not destabilize the country’s political situation.”
He noted that some accomplices of the fallen fascist government are continuing a plot to create instability by taking positions inside the country and fueling it from across the border. The government and law enforcement agencies have foiled their ill-attempts and blueprints with utmost patience and skill.
Highlighting statistics on the law and order situation, the home minister said the report published in a newspaper claiming a deterioration in the law and order situation is motivated. If the data obtained from the police website is analyzed correctly, it will show that the crime rate has significantly decreased compared to the same period last year. However, confusion is being created using partial information without making an impartial and relative comparison with previous years.
He added, “For some time now, some conspiracies have been taking place on behalf of the fallen fascist government to destabilize the country, which is visible. Anyone living in the country with minimal political awareness can understand what the objective is. Accomplices of fascism hiding inside the country are trying to become active.
“Behind this, there is instigation from across the border by those who fled and took shelter. People ask us about their legal validity and how they are conducting political operations from there. But I will also disclose who inside our country is involved in this and who is fueling it.”
