Govt on 'minus-one formula' against Khaleda: BNP

The BNP yesterday alleged that the government has taken up a “minus one formula” ahead of the upcoming national polls.

And to implement the formula, it is plotting to keep Khaleda Zia out of the election and politics by getting her convicted for the “false allegation of corruption” in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.

BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said this during an emergency press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan office in the capital.

Meanwhile, at a separate meeting, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the BNP secretary general, said the government, in a bid to clear its way to staying in power, is trying to keep Khaleda away from politics by getting her convicted for a “false and fabricated” case.

If the BNP chief is “unlawfully” convicted, a “tsunami of people” will bring down the government.   

“Our target is to create a tsunami of people... A strong wave like a tsunami can be created by uniting the people and no one will be able to resist it,” Fakhrul said at a meeting of Dhaka south city BNP at Nayapaltan's Maulana Bhasani Auditorium.

The government will not be able to defeat Khaleda by hatching conspiracies against her, he also said.