Govt to be ousted thru' mass upsurge
Say BNP leaders
Accusing the government of influencing the court, BNP leaders yesterday said the government will be defeated through mass upsurge and its policy to weaken the opposition through arresting their leaders will be boomerang soon.
“The policy to arrest opposition leaders will not bring any good for the government as the people did not take it easily. All the leaders will come out of jail soon through legal battle. But it is nothing else but the street, which will define final results,” said Moudud Ahmed, a senior member of BNP standing committee.
He made the remarks at a human chain programme before the Jatiya Press Club organised by Daudkandi Jatiyatabadi Forum, a pro-BNP body, demanding release of the opposition leaders.
Moudud, also a senior lawyer, said no one among the opposition leaders was present when a bus was torched during the hartal hours though all of them are in jail in the arson case.
Tariqul Islam, another member of the standing committee, said the judiciary cannot work independently due to the government interference and urged all to be united against the government's "torture and repression" on the opposition men.
“The government has turned into an autocrat. They want to establish one party rule. But we won't accept it. They have to quit power through mass upsurge,” he said while addressing a protest rally in front of the BNP central office organised by Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal.
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