BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said none would be able to bar the party when they would take to the streets demanding parliamentary election under a non-partisan interim government.
“We will definitely take to the streets at the right time...no matter what obstacles you [government] create. None can prevent us,” she said at a reception programme of the members of newly-elected Supreme Court Bar Association at her Gulshan office.
The former premier also urged political parties to get united to wage movement against the “killer and repressive government.”
BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad has swept the SCBA election against the Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad, supported by the ruling Awami League.
Khaleda asked the lawyers to form Legal Aid Committee to give assistance to the opposition men who are facing “false cases.” She also asked them to visit districts to inspire the party leaders and activists.
Alleging vote rigging in the upazila polls, the 19-party alliance chief said: “If the ruling party men do not occupy the polling centres, the Awami League will face massive debacle.”
Claiming that fair election was not possible under the Awami League government, Khaleda said no election had taken place on January 5, rather it was a “mockery.”
Regarding the independence of judiciary, the former premier said: “Today judges cannot conduct fair trial due to interference from the top of the government.”
Pointing her finger at neighbouring India, Khaleda said: “We do not get anything but we are giving them whatever they want. Now we have only the country to give them. We want to say clearly that we will not allow it.”
Slamming the government for increasing electricity prices, Khaleda said the recent hike would adversely affect the people of all sections, especially the lower- and middle-income groups.
She alleged that the prices were increased to give subsidy to the quick-rental power plants, through which thousands of crores of taka had been plundered.
