BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday threw a challenge to the leaders of ruling Awami League that he would quit politics if the BNP does not win, if the election is held under free and fair manner.
Addressing at a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club, he said criticised the AL leaders for their remarks that people have accepted the January 5 polls and the present government; he asserted that no foreign country endorsed the present government.Student’s Leaders of DUCSU and All Party Student Unity of the 90’s arranged the meeting to mark the 24th death anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon.
The BNP leader urged the government to test its popularity if it thinks that people are with them by holding an election under a non-party administration.
“I personally can guarantee that I will quit politics if people don’t vote us,” he added.
Fakhrul termed Sheikh Hasina’s rule “the worst ever autocratic one” in the world and said the party has even lost its faith in the Apex court as it has turned down Khaleda Zia’s leave to appeal petitions challenging the trial of graft cases against her in a lower court.
“We went to the Supreme Court with leave to appeals challenging the false trials against our leader Khaleda Zia but the court has rejected our pleas,” he said adding, “We are not frustrated, we are aggrieved and our trust on the Apex Court has been shattered.
He alleged that the government has taken control on the all the state institutions including the administration and the judiciary in a bid to establishing one party Baksal rule in disguise of democracy.
The BNP spokesperson said the present Hasina government is worse than HM Ershad’s autocratic regime and that the country’s present situation is much more unbearable than that time.
He termed the AL as the national betrayer and said they cheated the nation by holding a farcical and voter less election on January 5 that had boycotted by the BNP and grabbed the state power snatching people’s voting and all others rights. – Staff Reporter
