Mirza Abbas says his statement on Ilias Ali ‘twisted’
PBC News: Mentioning his statement “The government did not abduct the then BNP’s organizing secretary M Ilias Ali”, BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas said the statement was a mockery of the government. He claimed that his statement was distorted in the media.
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Mirza Abbas said, “I have ridiculed the government for saying that Ilias Ali was not abducted by them (government). If the government did not do it, then who did it should be found out. That’s what I said.”
The BNP leader made the comment at a press conference at his residence at Shahjahanpur in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday, Abbas at a virtual discussion said, “The night before Elias’s disappearance, he had a heated argument with a man at the party office. Elias hurled abusive words towards him. The snakes that bite from behind are still staying inside my party. If they are not expelled from the party, then the party will not be able to move forward under any circumstances.”
The discussion was arranged by Sylhet Bibhag Jatiyatabadi Sanghati Sammeloni-Dhaka on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the disappearance of BNP Organizing Secretary Ilias Ali.
Abbas further said, “I know Awami League government did not abduct him (Ilias Ali). So who did the disappearance? I want to know this from the government.”
At the press conference, BNP leader Abbas said, “I said exactly what I said. But, my statement has been published by fragmenting. A media reports that Abbas makes U-turn after six hours. Mirza Abbas does not U-turn. That’s exactly what I said.”
BNP Organizing Secretary Fazlul Haque Milon, social services secretary Kamruzzaman Ratan, special secretary Asaduzzaman Ripon and assistant organizing secretary Abdus Salam Azad, among others, were present.
