“They [government rescuers] can’t be blamed for the failure. They tried hard till the end and by the grace of almighty Jihad’s body could be recovered.”
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal defended the government rescuers who failed to rescue Jihad even after a 23-hour hectic effort.
“BNP has started hatching a new conspiracy in the name of movement. Will people take to the streets answering Khaleda Zia’s call? Even BNP activists did not take to the streets during hartal in Gazipur.”
Awami League’s Dhaka city unit Joint General Secretary and Food Minister Quamrul Islam said the people would reject BNP’s hartal today, and the ruling party would politically resist the hartal as well.
Hanif said if BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman does not withdraw his statement, then BNP will not be allowed to hold any rally in the country. We want to emphasise that if BNP’s rally is barred then, the Awami league will not be able to hold any rally in the country smoothly as well; people will resist it.”
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, joint secretary general of BNP said yesterday it expects the public to resist Awami League’s political events if it impedes BNP’s upcoming rallies in the capital.
