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  • Killing by the name of Islam is not acceptable, says PM Hasina

    Killing by the name of Islam is not acceptable, says PM Hasina

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    Dhaka: Killing in the name of Islam is not acceptable, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday, stressing that no one gives authority to anyone to punish or kill another person for not following a particular religion.

    “Allah gives us lives, and He has the supreme authority to give lives and take lives, killing is against the Quran,” she said, adding that those who believe in Islam genuinely must have tolerance towards other religions.

    “In Bangladesh, all religions have the same rights, people will perform their respective religious rituals, Allah will judge everything (on the Doomsday). He does not give that right to any human, all have to remember that,” she said.

    Hasina also slammed the businessmen who hike prices of commodities during Ramadan.

    “It’s very much regretful, this is happening just for few people, why we will accept that? During Ramadan, profit-mongers increase the prices, making people suffer. This should not happen. Holy Ramadan is coming, we know that during this month, some businesspeople try to hike prices of the essentials,” she said during the inauguration of 50 model mosques along with Islamic cultural centres in parts of the country in the third phase of the programme.

    Inaugurating the mosques joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban, Hasina said that the holy month of Ramadan is the time for austerity and all have to pay attention to ensure people can do their religious activities properly during the month.

    She also said that her government has already distributed special cards for the low-income group people, and is providing rice at lower price (TK 30 per kg) after buying that at higher price.

    “Keeping the holy Ramadan in mind, the government will provide Tk 15 per kg of rice to additional one crore people,” she said, adding that for those who are not eligible for work, the government is providing 20 kg of rice each month.

    “Like this way we are giving people rice, edible oil, lentil, sugar and other necessary items at fair price through fair price cards,” she said.

    The Prime Minister also urged the affluent people to extend their assistance towards the needy people during Ramadan.

    She requested all to remain vigil so that none can adulterate food, resort to hoarding, black marketeering and create an artificial crisis of essentials items.

    In this connection, she urged Imams to speak about this during their sermons after Friday prayers. “Food adulteration, hoarding, and black marketeering are illegal and unnecessary give sufferings to people. You should speak on these matters more to the people, and you can say during the Khutba to make people aware regarding this,” she said.

    Later, she exchanged views with a cross-section of people of Agoiljhara of Barishal, Fulbaria of Mymensingh and Tetulia of Panchagarh. A documentary on the model mosques was screened at the programme.

    PM Hasina inaugurated 100 model mosques in the first and second phases, on June 10, 2021 and January 16, 2023, respectively, out of total 564 across the country. The project aims at spreading the true messages of Islam for removing misconceptions about religion.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Nothing Short Of Complete Withdrawal Of Property Tax Acceptable: Sadhotra

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    SRINAGAR: Former minister and senior National Conference leader, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, has stated that the people of Jammu and Kashmir will not accept anything less than a complete withdrawal of property tax. Sadhotra today wondered over the parallels being drawn by the government between Jammu and Kashmir and other states of the country in a bid to justify its anti-people, illogical and authoritarian decision of levying property tax.

    “The desperate attempts of launching a propaganda campaign through media and all its administrative apparatus is a candid admission of the government that it is on defensive in the wake of stiff resistance being given by the people to its unwarranted and provocative decisions, one after another “, Mr Sadhotra said in a statement.

    He said the government cannot compare J&K with other states in respect of the civic facilities, which are reduced to the extent of filth all over, especially during the past few years. Instead of upgrading these facilities, the people in the urban and semi-urban areas are being punished by way of paying taxes. He referred to the filth and garbage in the Jammu City– the most thronged pilgrim destination in north India and said the conditions are worse in the areas like Bantalab, Muthi, Ploura, Durga Nagar and similar other localities, which stand testimony to the municipal apathy.

    “Irony of the non governance is that instead of going for the course correction those holding the constitutional position are mocking the people by provocative gestures like their purchasing capacities”, he said, hoping that bare minimum sensitivity would be shown by responsible people at the helm. Such tantrums are against civility and good human behaviour, the former minister said.

    Mr Sadhotra feared that the decision of imposing the property tax would be extended to the rural area once implemented in the urban pockets. The government is testing the public response as well as patience by imposing unjust decisions on them, he said.

    Mr Ajay Sadhotra cautioned the double engine governments against taking policy decisions in J&K, which remain the domain of the democratically elected dispensations. Denying democracy to people is hallmark of the BJP model of governance. This might have worked for some time but can’t work all the time keeping in view democratic ethos of the country. He said the National Conference will fight anti people measures democratically, given its track record of fighting the just cause of all segments of J&K.

    Mr Sadhotra recalled the waiving of tax on the rental of the properties in Jammu and Kashmir during the NC government, led by Dr Farooq Abdullah as Chief Minister between ¹996 and 2002, saying this is how people’s governments work in the larger public interest. Politically naive and insensitive BJP should learn lessons from the good governance and work for public welfare, he said. “Nothing short of the complete withdrawal of the property tax will be acceptable to people of J&K”, Mr Sadhotra maintained.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )