Movement at 'right time'
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has called upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to sit for a dialogue on holding a parliamentary election immediately under a non-party administration. Otherwise, the government would be responsible for the consequences, she said.
“The BNP does not run on anyone's dictation. I along with my party colleagues will take to the streets at an appropriate time to realise the demand for polls under a non-party administration,” she said at the sixth council of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal's Dhaka city unit at the Institution of Engineers yesterday.
Khaleda on several occasions had said the opposition alliance would wage a fresh movement against the government after the upazila polls were over.
Speaking about her efforts to reorganise the party, Khaleda called upon BNP activists to elect efficient, dedicated and tested leaders for new committees of party units so that they could play brave roles on the streets during the movement.
“The time has come. Let's prepare for the movement to respond to the government's oppression … ,” she said.
Criticising Hasina's government, the BNP chief said there was no democracy in the country as the government and parliament were both “illegal”.
She claimed that there was no atmosphere for learning in universities, which had been turned into barracks. “No general students or Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal members can stay at university dormitories now. Cadres of Awami League are staying there and are engaged in tender manipulation, drug abuse and killings,” she said.
“The Awami League believes in terrorism. There are arms in their hands. But people are the main source of power for BNP and we will take to the streets with the people.”
She said the police administration was good in the past but the AL had spoilt the force.
On the activities of parliament, the BNP chief alleged that the lawmakers use abusive words every day. “This parliament is illegal as it was not constituted with people's vote.”
Holding the government responsible for “deteriorating law and order”, Khaleda said people have already lost their faith in the government.
She alleged that the ruling AL had destroyed the country's industry and education sectors with corruption and misdeeds.
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