BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Monday said their party does not endorse mob culture and will take disciplinary action if any of its activists are found involved in the incident of former Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.
"We do not believe in mob culture, we have relentlessly been struggling to establish the rule of law. We want the rule of law to be established in the country,” he told UNB.
Salahuddin said BNP wants court verdicts implemented with transparency and expects due legal process in the arrest and trial of Nurul Huda.
“But we don’t support the humiliating treatment he was subjected to. It was an isolated incident. If any BNP leader or activist is found involved in it, we will take disciplinary action following an investigation….this is our clear stance,” he said.
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Salahuddin said BNP wants every person, no matter how serious he did, to enjoy his legal and constitutional rights. “No matter how big a criminal he is, his legal and constitutional rights should not be violated," he added.
On Sunday night, former CEC Nurul Huda, who oversaw the 2018 national election, was arrested after a mob assaulted him at his Uttara residence in the capital.
A video that went viral on social media shows Huda was dressed in a white T-shirt and Lungi with a garland of shoes around his neck. At one stage, a man strikes Huda in the face with a shoe. The video drew widespread criticism.
Criticising Huda for his role in weakening democratic institutions, Salahuddin said, "Nurul Huda is one of the few persons responsible for destroying democracy in Bangladesh and completely destroying the electoral system.”
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Salahuddin said several other persons are responsible for completely corrupting and destroying several state constitutional institutions to prolong Sheikh Hasina's fascist rule.
He said just like former Chief Justice Khairul Haque, a few others are also responsible for corrupting and demolishing important constitutional bodies. “But we do not believe in such toxic culture or mob justice,” said the BNP Standing Committee member.