‘JCD’s council obstructed as part of blocking democratic process’
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday alleged that the government was creating obstacles to holding the party’s councils at the grassroots level as well as not allowing the council of their party’s student body.
“We have decided to hold councils at the district and upazila levels to reorganise our party, but we have learnt that we’re not being allowed to hold the council,” Mosharraf said while speaking at a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club. The event was arranged by Swadhinata Forum, demanding release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
He said there is no favourable atmosphere for politics now in Bangladesh. “We are not allowed to exercise politics... everything is being controlled by one hand,” the BNP leader said.
Mosharraf said a Dhaka court issued an injunction on holding the council of their party’s student body, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), which was scheduled to be held today.
“We are trying to overhaul our party and its associate bodies in a democratic manner, but the government is trying to hamper our democratic practice,” he added.
On Thursday, a court issued an ad-interim injunction on holding JCD’s council as its former assistant religious affairs secretary Md Aman Ullah Aman filed a case, seeking a permanent injunction on it.
Mosharraf said JCD’s council was obstructed as part of blocking the democratic process in the country.
He said the government has kept Khaleda Zia in jail with an “ulterior motive”.
“Khaleda Zia is the first female prime minister of the country, who freed the nation from the grasp of autocratic ruler HM Ershad and established parliamentary democracy. She is also the symbol and mother of democracy,” he said.
Mosharraf said widespread corruption is everywhere as the government has no control over the administration and state institutions.
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