Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Moazammel Haque on Sunday said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was involved in the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and it will be proved.

A day after a clash with police in the capital over a rally, BNP Sunday announced a countrywide demonstrations for Wednesday protesting what it said an ‘evil effort’ to repeal the party founder Ziaur Rahman’s Bir Uttam gallantry title.

BNP leaders Hafizuddin Ahmed and Shahjahan Omar on Thursday questioned the authority of Jamuka to revoke Bir Uttam title conferred on Ziaur Rahman for his role in the Liberation War.

Protesting the decision to remove their party founder Ziaur Rahman’s Bir Uttam gallantry title, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday described the move as a “stigma” to the Liberation War.