Khalada prefers jail to protect herself from public wrath: Hasina

Blasting Begum Khaleda Zia for not appearing before the court, Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today said the BNP chairperson prefers jail as the safest place to protect herself from the public wrath. .
“As Khaleda Zia has become isolated from the people due to committing genocide, militant acts and intimidating the people, she herself wants to get arrested, be sent to jail and thinks that jail is the safest place for her to save herself from the public warath,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina also said that Khaleda Zia has a habit of staging drama. “She is now staging the same drama to earn the sympathy of the people and get better publicity in the international media by being in the headlines,” she said while replying to a supplementary raised by Jatiya Party lawmaker Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu in the House during her question answer session.The Leader of the House said Begum Zia has confined herself into her office. “All except her leaders and workers are going there, even the foreigners are visiting her. If her leaders and workers do not go there to respond to her call, then what is our fault?,” she said.
She said there is none to like Khaleda Zia’s militant acts, even her party men do not like it. “I have talked to many former BNP lawmakers, who do not like the terrorist and militant acts of the BNP leader,” she mentioned.
The Prime Minister said Begum Zia has become isolated from the mainstream people as they do not like her militant and terrorist acts. The people want peace and security. “As the BNP leader has become isolated from the people, she has chosen the Nazimuddin Road,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said Khaleda Zia is continuing to show thumb to the court and violating its dignity by not appearing before it. So, if anybody ignores or undermines the courts, his or her trial would be held as per the directives of the court, she said.
“As we always honour the court directives and the rule of law, we will have to go by the directives of the courts,” she added.
The Leader of the House said a militant leader has emerged in the country and she is Khaleda Zia. “She has emerged with a horror look, does not bother to abide by the constitution, laws and rules. Her only mission now is to demonstrate militant power and kill the people,” she said. – BSS