Reza Mahmud :
The BNP plans to go for tough agitation, keeping soft movements in abeyance as the government is obstructing their all peaceful programmes using might, sources said.
“The movement will go in its own way. It will be stronger gradually. We are regularly saying that we always want to pursue democratic way. No one can start tough agitation unless otherwise provoked. All agitations have their seeds in the streets,” Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, a Standing Committee Member told The New Nation on Friday.
He said, the people of the country will not accept one sided polls again. So they must prevent government’s design to cling to power.
When contacted, BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told The New Nation, “We want to get our party chief released from jail. We will do everything through democratic way to release our leader.”
Sources said, the BNP started its new phase of movement after its Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia imprisoned on February 28 in a graft case.
After her imprisonment, the BNP adopted sit-in programme, token hunger strike, human chain, distribution of leaflets and such more.
The BNP was aiming two ways peaceful agitations. One is that the party wants to bring its field level leaders and activists on the street instead of their staying in hidden places to avoid police harassments.
Secondly, the party wants to win confidence of the police and other law enforcers that the BNP will not create any anarchy in streets.
But the party insiders said, the government has taken those peaceful movements as the party’s weakness.
The police has taken actions to foil almost every of its peaceful programme and obstructed those arresting important field level leaders.
BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Joint-Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Sechchhasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Razib Ahsan and General Secretary Akramul Hasan and other important leaders were imprisoned in last few days. Most of the leaders were arrested when they attended the programme.
Among them, Tejgaon thana Chhatra Dal President Zakir Hossain Milan died in custody one day after his three-day police remand.
The police tried to arrest BNP Joint-Secretary General and Dhaka North City unit President Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel from a peaceful programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club. But he managed to escape.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that police were arresting after sorting out the field level important leaders.
“Police were arresting those, who were capable to organize field level leaders and activists instantly for any movement. The government wants to make the BNP inactivie,” Mirza Fakhrul said while talking with a group of journalists at the party’s Nayapaltan office recently.
In these circumstances, the BNP thinks to reshuffle its agitation plans. Senior leaders sat together recently in the party chief’s Gulshan office to discuss strategies. The meeting has taken new plans to make the movement stronger gradually.
But the leaders have been directed not to say anything about the tough movement publicly.
The party senior leaders already have started to visit districts to send the grass root leaders the latest message of movement.
One of the senior leaders said preferring anonymity, the government is arresting important leaders from peaceful programme. In this situation, if the BNP sits peacefully for ever, the party will be empty of capable leaders soon.
In this view of reality, the party has no way but to choose tougher agitation.
The BNP plans to go for tough agitation, keeping soft movements in abeyance as the government is obstructing their all peaceful programmes using might, sources said.
“The movement will go in its own way. It will be stronger gradually. We are regularly saying that we always want to pursue democratic way. No one can start tough agitation unless otherwise provoked. All agitations have their seeds in the streets,” Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, a Standing Committee Member told The New Nation on Friday.
He said, the people of the country will not accept one sided polls again. So they must prevent government’s design to cling to power.
When contacted, BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told The New Nation, “We want to get our party chief released from jail. We will do everything through democratic way to release our leader.”
Sources said, the BNP started its new phase of movement after its Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia imprisoned on February 28 in a graft case.
After her imprisonment, the BNP adopted sit-in programme, token hunger strike, human chain, distribution of leaflets and such more.
The BNP was aiming two ways peaceful agitations. One is that the party wants to bring its field level leaders and activists on the street instead of their staying in hidden places to avoid police harassments.
Secondly, the party wants to win confidence of the police and other law enforcers that the BNP will not create any anarchy in streets.
But the party insiders said, the government has taken those peaceful movements as the party’s weakness.
The police has taken actions to foil almost every of its peaceful programme and obstructed those arresting important field level leaders.
BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Joint-Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Sechchhasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Razib Ahsan and General Secretary Akramul Hasan and other important leaders were imprisoned in last few days. Most of the leaders were arrested when they attended the programme.
Among them, Tejgaon thana Chhatra Dal President Zakir Hossain Milan died in custody one day after his three-day police remand.
The police tried to arrest BNP Joint-Secretary General and Dhaka North City unit President Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel from a peaceful programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club. But he managed to escape.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that police were arresting after sorting out the field level important leaders.
“Police were arresting those, who were capable to organize field level leaders and activists instantly for any movement. The government wants to make the BNP inactivie,” Mirza Fakhrul said while talking with a group of journalists at the party’s Nayapaltan office recently.
In these circumstances, the BNP thinks to reshuffle its agitation plans. Senior leaders sat together recently in the party chief’s Gulshan office to discuss strategies. The meeting has taken new plans to make the movement stronger gradually.
But the leaders have been directed not to say anything about the tough movement publicly.
The party senior leaders already have started to visit districts to send the grass root leaders the latest message of movement.
One of the senior leaders said preferring anonymity, the government is arresting important leaders from peaceful programme. In this situation, if the BNP sits peacefully for ever, the party will be empty of capable leaders soon.
In this view of reality, the party has no way but to choose tougher agitation.
