Only Khaleda can validate CG activities
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said there is no possibility of legitimising the activities of the present government in future unless it is done by a genuinely elected parliament.
As for the BNP, its Chairperson Khaleda Zia can only validate the activities of the present government since she is the icon of the country's democracy and independence. Therefore, "It [the government] has got to approach Khaleda Zia for the validity," Delwar also said.
Delwar made the comments at a meeting organised by four-party alliance at Engineers Institution in the capital, demanding the release of political leaders including BNP chief Khaleda.
Accusing the Awami League (AL) of hatching conspiracies, the BNP secretary general said, "The Awami League has announced that they will boycott the upazila elections. They however are hatching conspiracies in London and a foreign diplomat was present at the meeting between Hasina and Ershad."
This government does not want to hold the elections as it intends to stay in power for a longer period, Delwar alleged saying, "When will it be a good time for them to withdraw the emergency?"
"In fact, it [government] is in search of its own candidates who will win the elections under the emergency," he said demanding that the government make public the names of the candidates it endorses.
Implying that the Election Commission (EC) is playing along with the government scheme, Delwar said even though all political parties demanded national elections first, the EC maintains that it will hold the upazila polls before the parliamentary polls.
Pointing to the chief election commissioner, the BNP leader said, "Please resign if you have any respect for the people. You made yourself controversial. Everything you did is illegal."
Other BNP leaders who spoke at the meeting said the present government will be held accountable for its corruption. The future elected government will conduct investigation into the corruption committed by the present government and a fair trail would be conducted under existing laws of the land.
Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid said the AL is hatching a conspiracy and they are using Ershad for it. "You have to come to Khaleda Zia for assistance. The handover of power following the elections would be possible with her assistance."
BNP-led four-party alliance leaders including Shamim Al Mamun, Abdul Latif Nezami, Nazrul Islam Khan, Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, among others, spoke at the meeting.
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