'Khaleda wants to establish kleptocracy'
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wants to set her two "corrupt sons" in the state power in the name of younger generation, said Awami League (AL) acting general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif.
Khelada intends to establish a regime of "kleptocracy" in the country through placing her two sons in power, he told a press briefing at the party's Dhanmondi office yesterday.
AL Deputy Office Secretary Mrinal Kanti Das and other central leaders, among others, were present at the briefing.
The BNP chief on Tuesday at a rally said if her party won the next general elections, the younger generation would take the helm of the country.
Hanif sought BNP's cooperation to establish a neutral and independent EC through discussion in the parliament.
Referring to Khaleda's recent threat to launch "another liberation war", Hanif said she was conspiring to beef up militancy and terrorism through delivering such comments.
On the caretaker government issue, he said if BNP believes in democracy and people's power, it would surely participate in the next polls under the political government.
Around 26,000 AL leaders and activists were killed by the BNP-Jamaat cadres during their tenure, Hanif said with a call to remain united against the Jamaat and militancy.
Despite the party's request, both mayoral candidates for Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls Shamim Osman and Selina Hayat Ivy could not reach a compromise, said Hanif.
In the evening, AL organising secretaries Ahmed Hossain, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and Abu Sayed Al Mahmud Swapan met Shamim Osman at his main campaign office in Narayanganj and conveyed to him the party decision of backing him.
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