Reminding the opposition that no government could be unseated through such agitation programmes, Awami League general secretary Syed
Ashraful Islam on Sunday alleged that opposition leader Khaleda Zia wanted to stage a drama and she has been successful to do that. “She wanted to stage a drama and she has been successful to do that. Many people got entertained with her drama,” he said referring to Khaleda
Zia’s bid to come out of her Gulshan house and subsequent media briefing. Syed Ashraf was addressing a press conference at AL
chief’s Dhanmondi office to brief reporters about the opposition’s much-hyped ‘March for Democracy’ programme. “Such drama might have
entertained many people, but I didn’t enjoy it. She is the two-time prime minister. We want to see something more serious from her,” the
AL general secretary said. Ashraf said the opposition leader was supposed to go to her party office after 10 am. “But we saw her after
3pm getting up from her bed. This proves she had the lack of sincerity,” he added. In this connection, the AL spokesperson said
if Khaleda had wanted to be in the programme in due time she would have got up from her bed before 10 am. Talking about her dress-up,
Ashraf said it seemed that she was going to join a party, not any political programme. “You have to put on proper dress for a war,” he
said. He said the intention of the opposition leader was to stage a drama. “She or her party didn’t apply to the police authorities for
ensuring security to go the programme,” the AL leader said.
Criticising Khaleda Zia’s attitude towards the police, Ashraf said this cannot be the behaviour of an opposition leader. “It’s
unfortunate and I strongly condemn such attitude to the police,” he said. He further said no political party could be toppled in the
past through such agitation programmes. “And this won’t happen this time, too,” he added. AL leaders Obaidul Quader, Dipu Moni, Jahangir
Kabir Nanak and Ahmed Hossain were, among others, present at the press conference. – UNB
