‘This is our movement’

BNP yesterday said their movement on the street started with their student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

Party's standing committee member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain made this comment while addressing a protest rally organised by the party's Dhaka north and south city units in front of Jatiya Press Club.

The event was organised, protesting the recent attacks on JCD leaders and activists on Dhaka University campus.

He said JCD has launched a street movement for the restoration of democracy through their protest programmes at DU.

The BNP leader said all the democratic forces and patriots will get united to make the ongoing movement a success. He warned that their will be dire consequences of the attacks on their party's student leaders and activists.

Mosharraf condemned the attack on the JCD's "peaceful procession" and also urged all to take their movement forward.

He demanded that the attackers be brought to book immediately. "Chhatra League activists killed Bishwajit, Abrar and many others. This unelected government is patronising them."

The BNP leader alleged that the Awami League government has been indulging in criminal activities as it has become isolated internationally. "They have no international support and the country's people have rejected them."

Mosharraf urged the government to step down immediately by dissolving parliament and handing over power to a non-party neutral government.

Once a neutral government takes power, Mosharraf said it will take steps to create a proper atmosphere in the country for holding a credible election.