CG: Govt move to lead country towards uncertainty, says BNP
Disregarding suffering of commuters, BNP holds a rally blocking the road in front of its Naya Paltan office in the city yesterday. Photo: STAR
The main opposition BNP yesterday said the government move to scrap caretaker government system in the name of amending constitution may lead the country towards uncertainty. The party leaders also asked the government to refrain from doing it. Addressing a rally in front of party's central office in Nayapaltan protesting repression on the opposition men, the BNP leaders said scrapping caretaker system was not among the electoral pledges of the government but they want to do it showing a court verdict. The court, however, itself did not disclose the full text of the verdict to this day, they observed. “No election will be held in the country under the Awami League (AL) government. Bangladesh will be thrown into deep uncertainty if the government continues its effort to scarp the caretaker system,” said Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of BNP standing committee. “Chaos and anarchy will grip the country which pro-democracy people do not expect,” he said. Bangladesh has turned into a land of torture in the last two and a half years. It is now one of the seven countries which are being highly criticised for torture and repression, Mosharraf claimed. Party's acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government is trying to amend the constitution only to establish one-party rule in the country. But people will resist this ill-effort by forging a movement, he observed. “Accept the people's demand by keeping the caretaker government provision as it is in the constitution,” he urged the government. Party leaders Amanullah Aman, Rafiqul Islam Mia, Abdullah Al Noman, Fazlur Rahman also spoke at the rally organised by party's Dhaka city unit with its unit convener Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in the chair.
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