Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has claimed that more than 6 million people were implicated in false and fabricated cases during the previous Awami League government.

He made the claim while addressing a district law and order and development coordination meeting at the conference room of the Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner’s office on Tuesday (September 15).

The law minister said, “More than 6 million people were implicated in false and fabricated cases during the previous fascist Awami League government. Police were the complainants in 99 percent of these cases. Now you can see the change. Police are no longer filing political cases as complainants. The culture of false cases has come to an end.”

He further said, “Over the past 17 years, BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists were picked up without trial and killed or disappeared in the name of crossfire. More than 4,500 BNP leaders and activists were killed in the name of crossfire. More than 700 BNP leaders and activists were disappeared. Numerous activists were also disappeared and killed simply because they were associated with BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.”

Speaking about Awami League leaders and activists, the law minister said, “The terrorist activists of the fascist Awami League are now scattered and in hiding from Teknaf to Tetulia. During the fascist regime, these terrorist activists crossed all limits of brutality. If we fail to bring them to justice today, we will demonstrate cowardice and fear. We do not want that. We want to establish justice in the country.”

Describing drugs as a social disease, he said government initiatives alone—including those of deputy commissioners, police superintendents or the state—are not enough to prevent drug abuse. Society as a whole must unite to resist the spread of drugs.

He said, “From mosque imams to people from all walks of life, everyone must come forward collectively to prevent drug abuse. Only then will it be possible to eliminate and resist drugs in the country.”

The law minister said the government maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward drugs. He added, “If any BNP leader or activist is involved in drugs, they will not be given any kind of exemption either. If we can work collectively with everyone, we will be able to move forward.”

Among others, Bagerhat-1 lawmaker Maulana Mashiur Rahman Khan, Bagerhat-4 lawmaker Abdul Alim, Bagerhat District Council Administrator Barrister Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Deputy Commissioner Golam Mohammad Baten, Police Superintendent Hasan Mohammad Naser Rikabdar and senior administrative officials attended the meeting.

Earlier in the morning, the law minister held a meeting with judges of the District and Sessions Judge’s Court. Later in the afternoon, he attended a meeting with BNP leaders and activists at the Bagerhat District Council auditorium.