Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - President of American Chambers of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) Aftab-ul Islam on Saturday criticized the comment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia over the recent violence of Jamaat-Shibir.
Addressing a press conference in the city on Friday, Begum Zia said the Thursday's violence over death sentence for Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee was "genocide like that of 1971".
"This (Thursday's violence) was not a genocide," said the business leader, who represents the US companies doing business in Bangladesh.
He said this sort of statement was nothing but ' very unfortunate' and frustrating even for her party-men who also fought for the independence of Bangladesh.
"I believe many leaders, activities and the supporters of her (Khaleda) party would not support the statement," Mr. Islam noted.
He called all political parties including the main opposition party BNP to be united for upholding the spirit and the values of the War of Independence in 1971.
BBN/SSR/AD-02Mar13-9:21 pm (BST)
