Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Wednesday sent a letter to President Abdul Hamid seeking an appointment for the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to discuss about forming of a fresh Election Commission.
A BNP delegation conveyed the letter to Bangabhaban at 4:30pm.
BNP Assistant Office Secretaries Belal Ahmed and Munir Hossain and Assistant Publicity Secretary Asadul Karim Shahin were in the team.
Earlier on the day, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said in a press briefing at party’s Naya Paltan office that they would submit the letter to President’s Office in the afternoon. “We hope that the President will take initiatives to resolve the present political crises. We are optimistic about the meeting,” Mirza Fakhrul said.
He said that, the BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Personal Secretary talked to President’s Military Secretary over cell phone on Sunday requesting time for meeting with the President.
But there was no response from the President’s Office, he said.
“So we decided to send a letter to President’s house”, he said.
Mirza Fakhrul said, “The BNP has respect for democracy. We want deployment of Army at Narayangonj during the city corporation polls with judicial power. There is no room to spread illusion about the demand for Army deployment on the polls day. There is no similarity between Martial law and Army deployment.
BNP Standing Committee Members Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Mirza Abbas, Dr. Abdul Moeen Khan, Gayeshar Chandra Roy, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Senior Joint-General Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi were present in the briefing.
