AL govt must have to go: BNP

Staff Reporter :
The main opposition party-BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan on Thursday said the Awami League government must have to quit power today or tomorrow even holding the lopsided national election.

“The AL government is thinking of a victory on January 7. The reality is that Awami League will suffer a severe defeat in Bangladesh on January 7.

They may stay in power several days, but must have to go soon,” Dr. Moyeen Khan said while speaking at a rally organised by Bangladesh Sammilita Peshajibi Parishad in front of the National Press Club in protest against the 12th parliamentary polls slated for January 7.

The BNP leader also said Awami League is walking on the wrong path. “If they continue to walk on the wrong path, they will be thrown into the dustbin of history. You (AL) should realise this bitter truth,” he said.

Later, Dr Moyeen Khan along with the leaders and different professional bodies distributed leaflets among the pedestrians urging them to boycott the January 7 election.

He called upon the government to restore peace in the country by cancelling the election, and dissolving the parliament and the cabinet.

“You won’t be able to suppress the 18 crore people of Bangladesh with bullets, sound grenades and tear gas. So come to the path of negotiation, come to the path of peace,” Dr. Moyeen Khan said.

The BNP leader said 63 political parties, including the BNP, are boycotting the election as they believe in liberal, democratic and peaceful politics. “I am calling upon the government try to learn how to respect the opinion of the people of the country.

You claim that you are the pro-Liberation War forces. If that is the case, why are you sacrificing democracy?”

The BNP leader said both the people of Bangladesh and the foreigners have no confidence in the January-7 election.

Dr. Moyeen said journalists from different international media came to Dhaka to highlight how a so-called election is being held in Bangladesh through their reports.

Meanwhile, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi distributed leaflets near Uttara Rajuk School in the morning.

Talking to reporters there, he said only the Awami League leaders and workers, not the common voters, will go to the polling stations on Sunday, no matter what strategies the government resorts to.