The speaker, Abdul Hamid, on Wednesday ruled that Ziaur Rahman could not be called a 'cold blooded murderer' as the house became heated over the court verdict on trial of Colonel Abu Taher.
The speaker quoting newspaper reports said the court had said, 'The so-called trial and execution of Colonel Abu Taher was a cold blooded assassination which was masterminded by none other than Ziaur Rahman.'
'The court did not call Ziaur Rahman the murderer. So the word murderer will be expunged,' said the speaker amid shouts with the treasury bench members insisting that murdering someone and masterminding the murder were the same. In response, the speaker said, 'No, it is not the same.'
The house witnessed a heated exchange between the treasury bench and the opposition over the High Court ruling on the trial of Colonel Taher.
The opposition lawmakers said the court had given the ruling 'out of vengeance' while the treasury bench members said the court ruling brought the 'evil politics of killing and coup' to an end.
BNP lawmaker AM Mahbubuddin Khokan said the judge who had handed down the verdict was once the general secretary of Chhatra League and had spoken along with Inu from the same platform.
'I insist that this judge is not a citizen of this county. He is a foreign national. That's why the BNP had not confirmed his appointment. He handed down the verdict out of vengeance,' he said.
Khokan said the government had politicised the judiciary and appointed people having third class degree as judges in the highest court. 'If the judges had been neutral and independent, verdicts to writ petitions on Khaleda Zia's house, and on the removal of Yunus would have been different,' he said.
The BNP lawmaker said the government was crippling the authority of the Anti- Corruption Commission.
Awami League lawmaker Iqbalur Rahim described the court's ruling as historic. 'This verdict has ended the politics of killing, coup and usurping power in violation of the constitution.'
The court said Zia had murdered Taher in cold blood, he said.
His comments drew angry protests from the BNP lawmakers who began to shout and sought the speaker's intervention.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal lawmaker Moinuddin Khan Badal said the opposition's reaction were a reflection of their fear of truth.
'Mr speaker, when Hasanul Huq Inu was speaking they threatened to slaughter him. We did not react. But we would not kiss you when you attempt to slaughter us. Let us face each other in the field,' Badal said.
BNP lawmaker Abul Khair Bhuiyan said Sheikh Mujib himself had removed Taher from the army for his attempts to destabilise the military. 'After the killing of Sheikh Mujib, Taher had formed a party within in the military and conspired against the military. He faced court martial and was executed as per its verdict.'
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