BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed Friday alleged that the government was conspiring to cling to power through amendment to the constitution once again.
The government was in discomfort after making the 15th amendment to the constitution, added the leader. He said the amendment would be scrapped if BNP was voted to power.
In the amended constitution, the election should be held 90 days before the parliament was dissolved, he said, adding that the government would have to amend the constitution once again to hold the next election.
Addressing a discussion organised by Jatiyatabadi Somobay Dal at the National Press Club in the capital, Moudud warned the government that if it tried to amend the constitution to stay in power forever, tough resistance would be launched.
“We want to say clearly, we will extend our support if the government takes initiative to add a non-partisan interim government provision to the constitution,” he said.
A former law minister, Moudud also alleged that the government had taken away people’s suffrage through the 15th amendment.
“In the constitution, it was inserted that none can amend the first, second and third parts of the constitution and such provision is rare in the world,” he said.