WikiLeaks reports 'fairy tales'

Says Fakhrul

14 September 2011, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the cables leaked by whistleblower website WikiLeaks "fairy tales". “WikiLeaks reports are being published (in newspapers) for the last few days. We don't know what WikiLeaks is and from where it has come. Its reports are nothing but fairy tales,” he said while addressing a student rally yesterday in front of the party's central office at Nayapaltan in the capital. He said propaganda has been started against BNP in the name of WikiLeaks reports when the party started to turn around. Every day reports are being published against political leaders. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), pro-BNP student body, organised the rally demanding withdrawal of all cases filed against Khaleda Zia. It was held to mark the 3rd anniversary of her release from jail. The BNP chairperson was arrested on September 3, 2007 and released on bail on September 11, 2008. A number of reports published in different newspapers in the last few days are based on the cables leaked by WikiLeaks and concern political leaders including Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman. Mirza Fakhrul alleged that a vested quarter is conspiring against BNP. “The ruling Awami League has become politically bankrupt and that is why it is now hatching conspiracy to split BNP,” he said. On Padma bridge, he said construction of it is being delayed due to corruption which is now under investigation by the Canadian government. Other speakers included BNP leaders Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Amanullah Aman, Nazimuddin Alam and Shirin Sultana. JCD President Sultan Salauddin Tuku was in the chair.