Nothing occurred behind the scenes: BNP
Staff Reporter :
The main opposition party-BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday dismissed the ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader’s claim that the AL government and the USA have reached an understanding on particular issues behind the curtain.
Rejecting Obaidul Quader’s remark, Mirza Fakhrul said that nothing really happened behind the scenes as the democratic world stick to their stance on the resignation of the current regime for inclusive and credible national polls in Bangladesh.
“They are now saying compromise has been settled behind the scenes.
Why are they repeatedly saying that? The fact is nothing happened in the rear the scenes.
The whole world is demanding their resignation for paving way for holding an acceptable election here,” Mirza Fakhrul said while speaking at a token hunger strike in Nayapaltan in front of the party’s headquarters in the capital.
As part of its countrywide programme, BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units arranged a three-hour token hunger strike in the city demanding its Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s unconditional release from jail and her advanced treatment abroad.
Mirza Fakhrul also said that BNP and other opposition parties would launch an unstoppable movement after the Durga Puja for the restoration of democracy and unconditional release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
“It is clear that this government is not elected one.
It can’t be called a government as it’s a ruler.
The government declared the largest political party BNP, which had been in power thrice, as their enemy.
It means they do not believe in democracy.
If they believe in democracy, they can’t consider any political party an enemy,” the BNP Secretary General said.
He said it has been proved again that the government does not believe in democracy and the rule of law as it arrested two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders of Narsingdi in a commando style violating the law from a students’ convention at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on Thursday.
Several thousand BNP leaders and activists holding banners, festoons and placards joined the programme that began around 11:00am.
Fakhrul broke the hunger strike by drinking juice offered by Liberal Democratic Party President Oli Ahmed at about 2:00pm. Former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury and Professor Mahbub Ullah fed juice to the standing committee members.
Khaleda Zia, the 78-year-old former prime minister, has been undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka under the supervision of a 15-member medical board, led by a specialist doctor, Professor Shahabuddin Talukder, since August 9.
The medical board at a press conference recently recommended that she be urgently sent to a multidisciplinary centre abroad soon as there are now no treatment options available for her in Bangladesh.
Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems.
On September 5, Khaleda’s brother Shamim Iskandar submitted an application to the government to take her abroad for treatment, but it was turned down.
