Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Friday demanded immediate release of the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for better treatment either at home or abroad as she fell sick in gail. The party has also expressed concern over her health condition.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the demand in a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital.
“We have some demands. Permit Khaleda’s personal medical team to examine her health in jail and take necessary steps for her treatment in the light of the recommendations of the team. Release her immediately as the court has given her bail,” Mirza Fakhrul said.
The party secretary general referred to the postponement of his scheduled visit to Khaleda Zia on Thursday. He said the decision was taken as she was ill. Khaleda Zia could not appear in the court on Wednesday for the same reason.
Mirza Fakhrul said, “We are yet to know about the nature of our party chief’s sickness and what measure has the government taken about her treatment.”
“Neither the jail authorities nor the government informed us,” he said.
The Secretary General said, “Khaleda Zia is not safe under the present autocratic government. The former Prime Minister’s fate may be what others had sustained under other autocratic governments.”
He said that they did not know whether her food served in the jail was tested.
Standing committee members Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, among others, were present at the briefing.
The BNP on Friday demanded immediate release of the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for better treatment either at home or abroad as she fell sick in gail. The party has also expressed concern over her health condition.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the demand in a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital.
“We have some demands. Permit Khaleda’s personal medical team to examine her health in jail and take necessary steps for her treatment in the light of the recommendations of the team. Release her immediately as the court has given her bail,” Mirza Fakhrul said.
The party secretary general referred to the postponement of his scheduled visit to Khaleda Zia on Thursday. He said the decision was taken as she was ill. Khaleda Zia could not appear in the court on Wednesday for the same reason.
Mirza Fakhrul said, “We are yet to know about the nature of our party chief’s sickness and what measure has the government taken about her treatment.”
“Neither the jail authorities nor the government informed us,” he said.
The Secretary General said, “Khaleda Zia is not safe under the present autocratic government. The former Prime Minister’s fate may be what others had sustained under other autocratic governments.”
He said that they did not know whether her food served in the jail was tested.
Standing committee members Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, among others, were present at the briefing.
