Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- Bangladesh Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has claimed that Jamaat-e-Islami had indirectly accepted that its role and position during the 1971 Liberation War were wrong.
The minister said Jamaat had sought the removal of its name from the legal definition of those who opposed Pakistani forces during the Liberation War, but none of the party's lawmakers voted against the amended legislation when it was passed in parliament.
"Jamaat indirectly accepted that role in 1971 by not voting 'no', by participating in the parliamentary process," Asaduzzaman said.
He said the National Freedom Fighters Council Act 2022 defined freedom fighters as those who opposed and fought against the Pakistan Army, Pakistani occupying forces and gro...