Alems won’t protest anymore over Bangabandhu sculpture: Home Minister
The ongoing controversial issue of setting up of Bangabandhu’s sculpture will be resolved through discussions as country’s alems and ulemas have assured of not staging movement over the matter said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday.
The minister made the remarks while talking to reporters over the decision of a meeting with country’s top alems held on Monday night.
Alems of Qawmi madrasas and Hefajat-e-Islam leaders have been opposing the installation of the sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dholaipar in the capital.
Amid growing opposition from Islamic groups, vandals defaced a sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the night of December 4 in Kushtia.
“A fruitful discussion was held with a group of 12 almes, led by Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, at the Home Minister’s residence. State Minister for Religious Affairs and the secretary were present in the meeting,” he said.
The minister also informed that on December 5, a group of Islamic scholars sat in a meeting with Maulana Mahmudul Hasan in the chair. They discussed matters to resolve the crisis on installation of the sculpture of Bangabandhu.
