Joy issues condolence message on Khaleda Zia’s death; Jamaat-Shibir launch cyber attacks

Staff Correspondent

On December 30, Bangabandhu’s grandson Sajeeb Wazed Joy released a condolence message on social media, expressing his condolences over the death of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. He expressed his condolences and said, “I express my deep condolences to the bereaved family members on the death of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. At this critical moment in the country, when the common people are suffering from lack of security and there are attempts to destabilize and depoliticize the country, her passing will have a profound impact on the path of Bangladesh’s transition.”

This condolence message written in Bangla and English by Wazed Joy, who is active in social media and politics, made a plea for tolerance and political etiquette and was widely appreciated. “All the people of Bangladesh want to see such a politics of harmony,” netizens expressed their hope.

But that post was attacked by the Jamaat-Shibir bot army within 5-7 hours, and Facebook deleted the post due to the report. Yesterday, the Jamaat-Shibir bot army started spreading rumors about Khaleda Zia’s death on social media, including various trolls and filth.

The same condolence message was later posted from Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s page after midnight. An appeal has been filed to remove the previous post, which had hundreds of thousands of likes and shares, but Facebook has not yet reinstated the post.

Many celebrities are currently being attacked by the Jamaat-Shibir bot army. Due to the coordinated and systematic attack by Jashi, and at the same time, with the help of some fact checkers, Facebook has removed many photo cards and news of BDDigest from social media. Netizens are vocal against this cyber attack, but how it can be resolved is unknown to everyone.