Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Monday accused the government of trying to obstruct the legal procedures of its Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s release from jail.
“Unfortunately, the ruling Awami League is delaying judicial process, and that is why Begum Khaleda Zia has been deprived of her right in getting justice from the country’s apex court,”
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said while addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital.
The briefing was held after two hours of the SC decision to extend stay on Khaleda Zia’s bail till May 8.
Fakhrul disagreed with the court’s stay order as it reflected the desire of the government.
“Everything of the state is dying. The Supreme Court’s order of extending stay on bail of Khaleda Zia till May 8 put the final nail in the coffin of democracy,” Fakhrul said.
BNP standing committee members Mirza Abbas, Nazrul Islam Khan, Vice- Chairmen Abdul Awal Mintoo and AZM Zahid Hossain and BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi were, among others, present.
Fresh programme: The BNP announced its fresh programme as it has not got permission of holding rally on Monday. Mirza Fakhrul said that the party would hold protest programme in every district across the country and in each thana of Dhaka Metropolitan on Tuesday for immediate release of their party chief.
Besides, the party leader also declared that they would hold a protest rally on March 29 at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital to press home their demand.
