BNP preparing for movement, polls

The BNP is organising itself for a 'tougher' movement after Eid and also preparing for a fresh election, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
"Movement, election and reorganising the party -- we are working on all three," the BNP acting secretary general told reporters while visiting the party chief's ailing media wing staff Shamsuddin Didar at a city hospital.
"After Eid, new programmes will be announced to wage tougher movements," Fakhrul said, adding that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was also reorganising the party for tougher agitation after Eid.
Although Fakhrul claims that the BNP is carrying on with its movement at present, the party's activities, however, are seen to be limited to indoor meetings and discussions mostly at the Jatiya Press Club.
Talking to reporters Fakhrul further said the process to reorganise the party and its front organisations was a part of preparing the party for a fresh national election.
Claiming that the government was forcibly staying in power, Fakhrul said the oppressor administration, as he put it, would be ousted through street movement after Eid.
On July 3, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government would not tolerate any violence in the name of movement.