Khaleda skips visit to nat'l memorial
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday skipped her visit to the National Memorial to pay homage to the Liberation War martyrs on the Independence Day.
On behalf of the party, some leaders and activists, led by standing committee members Mahbubur Rahman and Moyeen Khan, went to the memorial in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital.
The BNP chief had also not visited the Central Shaheed Minar on the International Mother Language Day on February 21. However, a milad was organised at her Gulshan office, where she has been staying since January 3.
This year, Khaleda did not even go to the grave of her husband and also the founder of BNP, Ziaur Rahman, on January 19, his birth anniversary.
Insiders in the BNP told The Daily Star that the party high-ups, including Khaleda, believe that she will not be allowed to enter the Gulshan office, once she steps out it.
On January 5, Khaleda announced the ongoing indefinite nationwide blockade, demanding an interim election under a “non-party” government, the moment she was barred from leaving the office.
More than two weeks after their deployment, additional policemen were withdrawn from near the office. However, the BNP chief did not come out of it for a single time.
Yesterday, after paying tribute to the martyrs, the BNP leaders and activists went to the grave of Zia in the capital and paid him homage on the Independence Day.
There, Mahbubur Rahman said even though City Corporation elections was a local government poll, the BNP took it “quite seriously”.
"If the government ensures level-playing field for every candidate, releases the possible BNP-back aspirants from jail and gives permission for holding meetings and conducting campaigns, the party may consider participating in the city corporation polls," he said.
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