Dhaka: Branding those who patronised the war criminals as the ‘biggest culprits and Razakars’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the country’s people to be vocal for their trial.

‘Those who had made war criminals ministers and gave them our national flag and those who brought Bangabandhu’s killers to parliament by rigging votes are the biggest criminals and Razakars,’ she said.

The Prime Minister also said the patrons of war criminals are against humanity and their trial should be held on Bangladesh’s soil. ‘I urge the people to be vocal for their trial.’

Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League President, said this in her introductory speech at a joint meeting of the AL Advisory Council, Central Working Committee and the Council Preparation Committee of the party at her official residence Ganabhaban in the evening.

‘Why did they (Patrons) make war criminals ministers despite knowing that they were Al-Badrs and Razakars who had tortured people and torched their houses and carried out genocide time and again?’ she questioned.

Hasina said the march forward of Bangladesh will continue and no one will be able to halt it. ‘People also need to be aware about it as Bangladesh is moving ahead and will continue to move,’ she added.