{"id":7233,"date":"2026-02-10T15:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7233"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:14:17","slug":"bnps-manjurul-ahsan-munshi-under-fire-over-threat-laced-remark-in-debidwar-later-calls-it-a-figure-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/?p=7233","title":{"rendered":"BNP\u2019s Manjurul Ahsan Munshi under fire over threat-laced remark in Debidwar, later calls it a \u201cfigure of speech\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video circulating on social media shows former four-term MP Manjurul Ahsan Munshi telling voters at a late-night yard meeting in Debidwar that if his camp returns to power and locals back another party, he \u201cwon\u2019t spare anyone,\u201d even suggesting homes could be burned. The remarks, delivered while campaigning for an allied candidate, triggered swift controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Munshi confirmed the authenticity of the clip but downplayed it as \u201cjust words,\u201d citing fatigue after a long day of canvassing. He has been off the ballot this cycle after losing a court battle over loan-default allegations but remains active in the race supporting the truck symbol of an ally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seat (Comilla-4) features two prominent rival camps: the 11-party alliance\u2019s contender Hasanat Abdullah\u2014an organizer with the National Citizen Party (NCP), who posted the video from his verified account\u2014and the candidate backed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, after the BNP threw support behind a nominee from Gono Odhikar Parishad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local BNP figures distanced the party from Munshi\u2019s phrasing, calling it his \u201cpersonal\u201d statement and acknowledging embarrassment over the rhetoric. Munshi, meanwhile, said his comment was an offhand appeal to loyalists near the end of a grueling campaign day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode comes on the eve of Bangladesh\u2019s Feb 12 general election and constitutional referendum, with parties urging calm and election authorities emphasizing a peaceful vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video circulating on social media shows former four-term MP Manjurul Ahsan Munshi telling voters at a late-night yard meeting in Debidwar that if his camp returns to power and locals back another party, he \u201cwon\u2019t spare anyone,\u201d even suggesting homes could be burned. The remarks, delivered while campaigning for an allied candidate, triggered swift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7239,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions\/7239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hernet.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}