UNB, New York :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of any midterm election in Bangladesh and holding any dialogue with BNP, as nothing wrong has happened in the country after the January-5 election.She also dismissed the allegation of having an entente by her government with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami that came following the recent Supreme Court verdict commuting its leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee’s death sentence to imprisonment unto death.”Why there should be a midterm election? What are the problems for which we should go for a midterm election and for whom themidterm election? Is it to put the party in power that was created by power usurper Ziaur Rahman?” she questioned.The Prime Minister was responding to a volley of questions from Bangladeshi journalists living in New York. Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York organised the press conference at its office on Friday.Talking about dialogue with BNP, now out of Parliament as it boycotted the January-5 national election, Hasina said she has nothing to do as per the parliamentary form of democracy for the party which is outside parliament. “What’s dialogue? With whom?” she asked.When a reporter pointed to dialogue with the opposition party, she questioned about the definition of opposition party as per parliamentary democracy. “Opposition party! Which is the opposition party? What does it mean by opposition party in a parliamentary democracy,” the Prime Minister asked.As a journalist said about BNP which is now outside parliament, Hasina replied: “The party which is outside parliament is outside parliament; what can I do for that?”In this connection without naming any party, the Prime Minister said if anyone boycotted the election, it was their decision. “It was their decision, not mine; what I can do as they decided not to take part in the election.”Hasina also said if a political party takes a wrong decision then that party has to pay for that mistake.About the reduction of Sayeede’s punishment and allegation of her government’s entente with Jamaat, she said if there is any sort of entente how there will be trial of that person. “It’s the court that takes the decision whether there’ll be a capital punishment or not.”Hasina also mentioned that the judiciary in Bangladesh is completely independent. “We can’t interfere in the judiciary. If the independent judiciary gives its verdict how there could be an entente?” she questioned.”Did I give the verdict? I didn’t give the verdict. The High Court, Supreme Court, Appellate Division gave the verdict,” the Prime Minister said.In this connection, Hasina said it is the AL government that has put the war criminals under the trial. “Did any other party take the initiative? They rather made these people ministers and allowed them to fly the national flag on their vehicles.
