Staff Reporter :
BNP MPs on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit their ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia and to take steps for her release on bail.
“We the seven MPs call upon the Leader of the House and the honourable Prime Minister to visit Khaleda Zia,
He further said, “Our leader (Khaleda) is a political prisoner and a political decision is necessary for her release. We therefore urge the Prime Minster please to take steps for the release of our leader on bail showing your political farsightedness instead of taking bureaucratic advice.”
GM Siraj made the call while talking to reporters after visiting Khaleda Zia at BSMMU along with three other party MPs.
Siraj along with BNP MP Md Zahidur Rahman, Md Mosharraf Hosen and Barrister Rumeen Farhana met Khaleda at the BSMMU around 3:15 pm and had an hour long meeting with her.
BNP MP Harunur Rashid, who met Khaleda on Tuesday also said, their jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia is willing to go abroad for treatment if she is granted bail.
“Khaleda Zia needs better treatment immediately in a specialised hospital abroad for batter treatment in a specialized hospital. I call upon the government not to deprive her of the right to get bail,” the BNP leader said.
Khaleda has been receiving treatment at the BSDMMU since April 1 last.
The three MPs took bouquets and fruits for Khaleda when they went to meet her.
Khaleda has been in jail since she was convicted in Zia Orphanage Trust case in February 8, 2018. She was found guilty in another graft case the same year, though her party claims that both the cases are ‘politically motivated’.
