The Awami League yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had promised at a Comilla rally that she would bring a “new change” once her party comes to power but she did not mean a real change, she meant introducing a new Hawa Bhaban.
“In Comilla rally, she (Khaleda Zia) promised to bring about a new change once her party comes to power,” said Awami League Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak.
“What she means by the word ‘new’ is introducing a new Hawa Bhaban from where she and her son could launch more terrorist acts and corruption and violent politics.”
Khaleda Zia and her son could only resist the country’s development. They always try to save protect terrorists, corrupts and war criminals just as did the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman, he said.
Nanak made the claims at a press conference held at the Awami League president’s office at Dhanmondi in the capital.
He claimed that BNP founder Major Zia had worked for Pakistan during the Liberation War.
To justify his claim, he showed a letter with Major Zia’s portrait and said: “General Beg of Pakistan wrote this to Major Zia expressing satisfaction over his role as ISI agent during the Liberation War.”
“This proved that he had acted as a Pakistani agent in 1971,” he added.
Nanok alleged that the BNP-Jamaat alliance was trying to make the January 5 polls controversial at the international level and court the international community’s support for their demand to hold the next election beforehand.
“But that will not be successful because the next election will be held as per the Constitution.”
Criticising Khaleda, he said, “She woke up from sleep at 5pm, when everybody leaves their work places. So, how can she know about the (January 5) polls?”
“More than 40 percent people cast their votes in the election. The Awami League was elected and came to power,” he added.