People shun AL after Jan 5 JS polls

The ruling Awami League has become an “abandoned political party” after the “one-sided and voterless” January 5 elections, said BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.
As the AL has become politically bankrupt, its leaders are making unguarded remarks, he said.
The BNP spokesperson made the comments while addressing a protest meeting at Jatiya Press Club in the capital organised by Swadhinata Forum, marking the third anniversary of police attack on BNP leader Zainul Abdin Farroque, also former opposition chief whip.
 He came down hard on Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu for his alleged remarks that Khaleda had to be removed from the politics as she was a patron of militancy and Razakar.
“Inu can make such comment as he had fought against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by forming Gono Bahini. He also 'removed' many people,” Fakhrul alleged.
The BNP leader also warned that the government would have to face dire consequence if anything happens to Khaleda Zia.
He urged the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration showing respect to the aspirations of the country's people.
Narrating the “brutal” attack on Farroque by police, he said the attack was not on any individual, rather it was on parliament.
But the government is yet to take any action against the responsible policemen, he added.