Staff Reporter :The BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is trying to make the party chief Begum Khaleda Zia upset by filing various cases against her. The party also accused the ruling party men of vote rigging in nine municipalities where polls were held yesterday. “Begum Khaleda Zia is the symbol of democracy, and that is why, unelected government fears her and tries to make her upset by filing false cases against her,” said the party Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, while addressing a press briefing at Nayapaltan office yesterday. “The government cannot imprison Khaleda Zia in any jail of the country,” said Rizvi. In reply to a question, the BNP leader said that the party would give formal response about the cases filed against Khaleda Zia, including Baropukuria coalmine corruption case. ” The government’s behavior is prank. They are trying to net Khaleda Zia in false cases. She is an indomitable democratic leader.”Rizvi accused the government of not filing cases against the ruling party men even if they commit crimes. “There were some cases filed against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but the government withheld those by using State power.Highlighting the situations in nine municipalities where polls were held yesterday, Rizvi alleged that the ruling party men rigged votes, which they did in the Union Parishads elections recently held by phases. The ruling party men captured many vote centers at Noakhali, Chhagalnaiya, Raipura, Kasba and other municipalities before starting of vote casting. “The Awami League men have organised terror acts in all the nine Municipalities and drove away voters,” alleged Rizvi. The party Joint-Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Khairul Kabir Khokon and central leader Syed Emran Saleh Prince, among others, were present on the occasion.
