The Chairman of one of the factions of National Democratic Party (NDP), Golam Mortuza, has claimed that the Awami League leaders were hatching “conspiracy” to break the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
He said: “The ruling Awami League is trying to break our coalition. As part of the conspiracy, the top Awami league leaders hired Alamgir Majumdar.”
“We have expelled Alamgir as per the section 11 of the party resolution on September 11. He is no more the member of the party. So, he has no right to tell anything about the 20-party alliance.
Mortuza came up with the statement while addressing a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan office on Wednesday afternoon.
The press meet was arranged with a view to clear the party's position over the issue of breaking alliance with the BNP.
He also claimed that the top Awami league leaders, including Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, were involved in the conspiracy.
Earlier on September 20, the NDP, a component of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, issued a 72-hour ultimatum for BNP chief Khaleda Zia on a five point demand including greater practice of democracy within the alliance.
The ultimatum comes at a time when there are allegations from BNP that the ruling Awami League has been trying to create a rift in the alliance by luring some of the partners to break away.
From a press conference at a city hotel, Alamgir Majumdar, acting chairman of one of the factions of NDP, issued the ultimatum.
“The alliance leaders [Khaleda Zia] must make her stance clear about India. Many decisions are being made without consulting the alliance members. There is no real political programme that reflect people’s needs and aspirations. There must also be better scope of practicing democracy within the alliance. The BNP must also make its stance clear about religion-based politics,” Alamgir said.
He also warned that they would leave the 20-party cartel and form a new alliance if their demands were not met.
Later in the day, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called an emergency meeting with the secretaries general of all the alliance members at the Nayapaltan office.
Emerging from the meeting, Fakrul claimed that there had been no misunderstanding among the allies.