BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said that the ruling Awami League will not be able to return to power in the next 42 years after the end of its term for its failure to govern the country. The opposition leader made the remarks at a public meeting in Kapasia upazila of Gazipur district on Saturday.
This is her first public meeting since she issued a three-month ultimatum to the government from her party's Mar 12 'grand rally' in the capital to restore the caretaker government system. Calling upon the government to meet the demand of holding the next parliamentary elections under the non-party caretaker government, Khaleda said the Awami League would bite the dust if the next polls were to be held in a free, fair and neutral manner.
"We would like to tell the government that the next polls must be held under a caretaker government. The polls under a partisan government will not be allowed," she added. Claiming that the Awami League has been involved in 'forced disappearance and terrorism', she said, "That's why the countrymen didn't allow them to come to power for 21 years. After the end of their current term, they will keep crying for power for the next 42 years ... the people will not forgive them."
The BNP chief in her 45-minute address also spoke about the country's deteriorating law and order situation, economy meltdown, corruption, the 'forced disappearance' of BNP organising secretary M Ilias Ali and extra-judicial killings. The BNP leaders, activists and supporters of Gazipur, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj and Mymensingh districts attended the rally.
Chaired by local unit BNP President Khalilur Rahman, the rally was addressed, among others, by BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members A S M Hannan Shah, Mirza Abbas, Abdul Main Khan, Vice-President Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Joint Secretary Amanullah Aman.
This is her first public meeting since she issued a three-month ultimatum to the government from her party's Mar 12 'grand rally' in the capital to restore the caretaker government system. Calling upon the government to meet the demand of holding the next parliamentary elections under the non-party caretaker government, Khaleda said the Awami League would bite the dust if the next polls were to be held in a free, fair and neutral manner.
"We would like to tell the government that the next polls must be held under a caretaker government. The polls under a partisan government will not be allowed," she added. Claiming that the Awami League has been involved in 'forced disappearance and terrorism', she said, "That's why the countrymen didn't allow them to come to power for 21 years. After the end of their current term, they will keep crying for power for the next 42 years ... the people will not forgive them."
The BNP chief in her 45-minute address also spoke about the country's deteriorating law and order situation, economy meltdown, corruption, the 'forced disappearance' of BNP organising secretary M Ilias Ali and extra-judicial killings. The BNP leaders, activists and supporters of Gazipur, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj and Mymensingh districts attended the rally.
Chaired by local unit BNP President Khalilur Rahman, the rally was addressed, among others, by BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members A S M Hannan Shah, Mirza Abbas, Abdul Main Khan, Vice-President Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Joint Secretary Amanullah Aman.
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