At a Sunday morning dialogue titled 'Judicial Independence and Rule of Law' organized by the Center for Governance Studies at Sirdap Auditorium in Dhaka, International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Tazul Islam cautioned against using the term 'mob' to describe revolutionary movements. He said that equating the fall of Bastille with street looters would be inappropriate and warned that any attempt to subtly question the legitimacy of the recent revolution would be unacceptable. He emphasized that while criminal acts must be suppressed firmly, efforts to undermine revolutionary achievements should not be tolerated.

After delivering his remarks, Tazul Islam left the event. Following his departure, Ruhin Hossain Prince, former general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), described the Chief Prosecutor’s comments as a 'threat'. Prince argued that advocating for the rule of law while simultaneously inciting mobs was contradictory and unacceptable in Bangladesh.

The exchange highlighted differing interpretations of the revolution’s portrayal and the boundaries of acceptable political discourse in the context of Bangladesh’s evolving governance landscape.