AL senses its fall: BNP

Staff Reporter :
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that government and the ruling party leaders understand that they are going to be ousted soon, as such they have started delivering nervous speeches.
“There is no ground under the feet of the government, ministers and leaders of the ruling party for which they are talking illogically as they sensed their imminent fall,” he said while addressing a press conference held at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that cases were being filed against their party leaders and activists though they were attacked by the ruling party men and police.
“Our movement could not be suppressed through carrying out torture and exploitation,” he said.
“Activists of the ruling party and police attacked BNP’s mass sit-in programmes on Wednesday. After the attack, cases are being filed against the BNP men, more than 100 of leaders and activists have been detained.”
Criticizing the speeches of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Mirza Fakhrul said, “They talk too much, and I don’t think it is necessary to respond to their remarks.”
About the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and next general election, Mirza Fakhrul said they do not want to talk about election and EVM.
The BNP leader urged all to hold countrywide rallies and processions for January 16 to press home its 10-point demand and protesting the government’s power price hike.
BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan, Vice-Chairmen Abdul Awal Mintu, Ahmed Azam Khan and Amanullah Aman, acting Office Secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince and Organising Secretary Shama Obaed, among others, were present in the press conference.