Reza Mahmud :
The leaders of the BNP and its front organizations are anxious about the future of the party and whether party chairman will go to polls through effective strategies or choose a wrong decision again.
The political analysts think that the party which has been out of power for 11 years has no effective strategy to defeat the ruling Awami League’s tactics to hold and win next National Polls, keeping the BNP unprepared.
But the BNP senior leaders said that the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will disclose a formula over poll time ‘election-helping’ government soon. They are optimistic
that the formula will be acceptable to the government.
Sources said, the BNP’s mid-level leaders and activists are worried about their inadequate preparations. They said that the high command stated seriously that without framing election time ‘neutral’ government, the BNP will not take part in the upcoming polls. But there is no visible plan to realise the demand.
They think, the party has no practical strategy to compel the government to hold next polls under a neutral government.
When contacted, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told The New Nation, “It would not be so easy for AL to hold one-sided polls again.”
He emphasized,” First the government must create an environment to hold an inclusive election, and then the EC should announce its road map of the next polls.”
Mirza Fakhrul said, the government should build a road first and then the election commission should draft a map. Otherwise everything will be meaningless.
Most of the party men think that the ruling party may hold the 11th national polls without the BNP in the race as happened on January 5, in 2014.
“The grassroots level leaders and activists fear the AL’s old strategy for one-sided polls again. There are about 24,000 cases filed against the BNP and its front organizations’ leaders and workers. They even cannot move comfortably fearing police swoop. Still we shall take part in the election after realizing our demand of inclusive polls, in order to stop AL from getting walkover,” Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, one of the Central Organising Secretaries of the BNP told The New Nation.
In this situations, BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is going to United Kingdom (UK) today for treatment. She will discuss with the party Senior Vice-Chairman and son Tarique Rahman, who is living there for long, regarding party’s tactics on up coming polls.
Khaleda Zia has discussed the matter with the Standing committee members on last Thursday night in her Gulshan residence.
The political analysts said that the BNP passed around 11 years out of power. They said if the BNP stays another one term that is another five years out of power, the party may not able to keep its leaders and activists active any more.
“I think the BNP leaders will not repeat its mistake. The government may not meet the BNP’s demand for election time government. The BNP should take preparation with the trust on the people. If they could make the people conscious, the ruling party may not able to rig vote,” Professor Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University told The New Nation.
While Dr. Zafrullah, the trusty of the Ganosaystho Nagor Hospital said, “The BNP has no capability to make any change in the country’s politics. If the party wants to sustain more, they should be strategic enough. In these circumstances, the party should form an anti-government platform with other political parties.”
The party grassroots leaders are also angry at the incapability of the party leaders.
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain told The New Nation, “The Awami League once bluffed the people of Bangladesh saying they are just holding an election only to protect the Constitution. They said before the January 5 polls in 2014, the government was surely holding a free and fair polls which must be participatory for all political parties including the BNP soon. But they took aside the promise to stay in power. The national and the international quarters have no trust in the government. In these situation, they must not able to hold another one sided election.”
He said that Begum Khaleda Zia will disclose a formula over election time neutral government soon which will be acceptable to all.
BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas also told The New Nation, “If the government applies any tactic to make the BNP unprepared for holding one-sided polls, we must apply sufficient strategy to foil them.”
When questioned about the AL leaders speech that there is nothing about election time helping government in the Constitution, BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy told The New Nation, “The government should ameud the Constitutions for the sake of democracy and an acceptable polls.”
The leaders of the BNP and its front organizations are anxious about the future of the party and whether party chairman will go to polls through effective strategies or choose a wrong decision again.
The political analysts think that the party which has been out of power for 11 years has no effective strategy to defeat the ruling Awami League’s tactics to hold and win next National Polls, keeping the BNP unprepared.
But the BNP senior leaders said that the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will disclose a formula over poll time ‘election-helping’ government soon. They are optimistic
that the formula will be acceptable to the government.
Sources said, the BNP’s mid-level leaders and activists are worried about their inadequate preparations. They said that the high command stated seriously that without framing election time ‘neutral’ government, the BNP will not take part in the upcoming polls. But there is no visible plan to realise the demand.
They think, the party has no practical strategy to compel the government to hold next polls under a neutral government.
When contacted, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told The New Nation, “It would not be so easy for AL to hold one-sided polls again.”
He emphasized,” First the government must create an environment to hold an inclusive election, and then the EC should announce its road map of the next polls.”
Mirza Fakhrul said, the government should build a road first and then the election commission should draft a map. Otherwise everything will be meaningless.
Most of the party men think that the ruling party may hold the 11th national polls without the BNP in the race as happened on January 5, in 2014.
“The grassroots level leaders and activists fear the AL’s old strategy for one-sided polls again. There are about 24,000 cases filed against the BNP and its front organizations’ leaders and workers. They even cannot move comfortably fearing police swoop. Still we shall take part in the election after realizing our demand of inclusive polls, in order to stop AL from getting walkover,” Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, one of the Central Organising Secretaries of the BNP told The New Nation.
In this situations, BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is going to United Kingdom (UK) today for treatment. She will discuss with the party Senior Vice-Chairman and son Tarique Rahman, who is living there for long, regarding party’s tactics on up coming polls.
Khaleda Zia has discussed the matter with the Standing committee members on last Thursday night in her Gulshan residence.
The political analysts said that the BNP passed around 11 years out of power. They said if the BNP stays another one term that is another five years out of power, the party may not able to keep its leaders and activists active any more.
“I think the BNP leaders will not repeat its mistake. The government may not meet the BNP’s demand for election time government. The BNP should take preparation with the trust on the people. If they could make the people conscious, the ruling party may not able to rig vote,” Professor Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University told The New Nation.
While Dr. Zafrullah, the trusty of the Ganosaystho Nagor Hospital said, “The BNP has no capability to make any change in the country’s politics. If the party wants to sustain more, they should be strategic enough. In these circumstances, the party should form an anti-government platform with other political parties.”
The party grassroots leaders are also angry at the incapability of the party leaders.
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain told The New Nation, “The Awami League once bluffed the people of Bangladesh saying they are just holding an election only to protect the Constitution. They said before the January 5 polls in 2014, the government was surely holding a free and fair polls which must be participatory for all political parties including the BNP soon. But they took aside the promise to stay in power. The national and the international quarters have no trust in the government. In these situation, they must not able to hold another one sided election.”
He said that Begum Khaleda Zia will disclose a formula over election time neutral government soon which will be acceptable to all.
BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas also told The New Nation, “If the government applies any tactic to make the BNP unprepared for holding one-sided polls, we must apply sufficient strategy to foil them.”
When questioned about the AL leaders speech that there is nothing about election time helping government in the Constitution, BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy told The New Nation, “The government should ameud the Constitutions for the sake of democracy and an acceptable polls.”
