The BNP's Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged the government was filing false lawsuits against opposition leaders to keep them from running in the general election.
"The government has no ground under its feet to stand on. They have filed false cases against the opposition leaders to conceal their own failure. Their intention is to prevent the leaders from taking part in the next election by convicting them quickly," said Fakhrul, referring to the electoral law. He made the observation at a discussion organised by Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal at the headquarters of metropolitan BNP to demand withdrawal of the 'false' cases and 'release' of missing BNP leader Ilias Ali.
Over 70 leaders of BNP-led 18-Party Alliance were accused in two separate cases police filed for violence during the countrywide general strike on Apr 29. Police on Thursday pressed charges against the 45 leaders accused in connection with the case over setting a vehicle ablaze in front of the Prime Minister's Office during the Apr 29 shutdown.
Bad Omen
The spokesperson said as many as 127 people had been made victim of 'forced disappearance' during the tenure of the current government. "It is the government people who have kidnapped Ilias Ali along with his driver. They have not been traced even 23 days into their disappearance. Garment leader Aminul Islam was kidnapped in the same way too before he was killed," Fakhrul said. He termed the situation is ominous for democracy.
Ostrich Policy
The Acting Secretary General renewed their demand for a return to the provision of a non-party caretaker government overseeing national election and claimed that it gathered support "around the world". "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the election has to be attended by all political parties. Even India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India is in favour of the people of Bangladesh, not in favour of any specific political party."
According to Fakhrul, the current Awami League-led government has failed to resolve a plethora of problems. "They have not been able to provide solutions to the problems of the people. They are hiding their head like an ostrich wearing dark goggles. The people of the country have figured the government out."
Yunus and Nobel
Regarding Awami League general secretary's comment over former Grameen Bank managing director Mohammad Yunus, Fakhrul said, "Prof Yunus has made Bangladesh known to the world by winning the Nobel prize. His contribution to alleviate poverty has opened a new chapter across the world. And yet, the government ministers are passing humiliating remarks on him. They are making fun of him."
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said, "He (Yunus) studied Economics. But he did not get the Nobel prize in economics. He won the Nobel peace prize without stopping any war." "Many of us here know the Nobel prize is won," Ashraful added.
Criticising the statement, Fakhrul said, "We know the government has been lobbying for winning the Nobel peace prize. A lot of money has been spent. The mindset of the government is that nobody would be allowed to win the prize as the government failed to secure it." Fakhrul addressed a joint meeting of his party following the discussion. The meeting was arranged in the run-up to the party's countrywide demonstration on May 13-14.
"The government has no ground under its feet to stand on. They have filed false cases against the opposition leaders to conceal their own failure. Their intention is to prevent the leaders from taking part in the next election by convicting them quickly," said Fakhrul, referring to the electoral law. He made the observation at a discussion organised by Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal at the headquarters of metropolitan BNP to demand withdrawal of the 'false' cases and 'release' of missing BNP leader Ilias Ali.
Over 70 leaders of BNP-led 18-Party Alliance were accused in two separate cases police filed for violence during the countrywide general strike on Apr 29. Police on Thursday pressed charges against the 45 leaders accused in connection with the case over setting a vehicle ablaze in front of the Prime Minister's Office during the Apr 29 shutdown.
Bad Omen
The spokesperson said as many as 127 people had been made victim of 'forced disappearance' during the tenure of the current government. "It is the government people who have kidnapped Ilias Ali along with his driver. They have not been traced even 23 days into their disappearance. Garment leader Aminul Islam was kidnapped in the same way too before he was killed," Fakhrul said. He termed the situation is ominous for democracy.
Ostrich Policy
The Acting Secretary General renewed their demand for a return to the provision of a non-party caretaker government overseeing national election and claimed that it gathered support "around the world". "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the election has to be attended by all political parties. Even India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India is in favour of the people of Bangladesh, not in favour of any specific political party."
According to Fakhrul, the current Awami League-led government has failed to resolve a plethora of problems. "They have not been able to provide solutions to the problems of the people. They are hiding their head like an ostrich wearing dark goggles. The people of the country have figured the government out."
Yunus and Nobel
Regarding Awami League general secretary's comment over former Grameen Bank managing director Mohammad Yunus, Fakhrul said, "Prof Yunus has made Bangladesh known to the world by winning the Nobel prize. His contribution to alleviate poverty has opened a new chapter across the world. And yet, the government ministers are passing humiliating remarks on him. They are making fun of him."
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday said, "He (Yunus) studied Economics. But he did not get the Nobel prize in economics. He won the Nobel peace prize without stopping any war." "Many of us here know the Nobel prize is won," Ashraful added.
Criticising the statement, Fakhrul said, "We know the government has been lobbying for winning the Nobel peace prize. A lot of money has been spent. The mindset of the government is that nobody would be allowed to win the prize as the government failed to secure it." Fakhrul addressed a joint meeting of his party following the discussion. The meeting was arranged in the run-up to the party's countrywide demonstration on May 13-14.
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