Withdraw Nov 30 hartal
Pro-AL lawyers urge BNP
Pro-Awami League (AL) lawyers yesterday urged main opposition BNP to withdraw their countrywide hartal called on November 30 for the sake of democracy and rule of law.
They made the call at a meeting held at the South Hall of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
The lawyers, under the banner of SCBA, organised the meeting in protest of the incident of cocktail blast on the residence of the chief justice and hartal called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on November 30.
Former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru urged the apex court judges to issue a suo moto rule, bringing contempt of court charges against the “fake lawyers”. He said these lawyers recently staged demonstrations and brought out processions at the court premises ignoring a High Court judgment that restricted meetings and processions on the premises.
When November 29 has been fixed for hearing the appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over the cantonment residence at the Appellate Division, hartal was called the next day on the same issue, which is contemptuous, he said.
He said BNP has called the hartal to create pressure upon the apex court judges.
Khasru said Khaleda Zia can not run politics, sitting in the heart of the cantonment, which is the most protected, restricted and sensitive area in the country.
The BNP chief should have left the cantonment residence long ago considering the risk of security and safety of the soldiers, the former law minister said.
AL Presidium Member Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun, former SCBA president AFM Mesbahuddin,Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury, SCBA Vice President AKM Fazlul Haque Khan Farid, Assistant Secretary Moshfaqur Rahman Sabuj and former secretaries AM Amin Uddin spoke at the meeting.
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