Leaders of ruling Awami League have alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was trying to instigate the politics of violence, terrorism and confrontation in the country.
The BNP-Jamaat alliance wants to create an unstable situation like that of 2013, but the government will not allow them to carry out any destructive activities in the country, they said.
The AL leaders made the remarks while speaking at different programmes in the capital yesterday.
AL Advisory Council Member Suranjit Sengupta said Khaleda was trying to create instability to attain her political goals.
He was addressing a meeting organised by the Bangabandhu Academy at the Institution of Diploma Engineers in the capital.
Pointing to Khaleda Zia, Suranjit said: “Shun the path of politics of clashes and violence. Otherwise, its consequences will be disastrous.”
“You [Khaleda] should also to prove that you have not misappropriated the money meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust,” he said.
“If you want to prove yourself not guilty, appear before the court. We will receive you with garlands,” he added.
About the AL’s scheduled rally to be held on January 5 in the capital, the AL leader said, “We swill observe the day (January 5) as the “Day of Victory for Democracy”.
“Your [Khaleda] party can also organise public meetings on any other day. Apply to the administration and in that case we have nothing to say.”
In another programme, Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam said the BNP-Jamaat led alliance had launched destructive activities in the last year to foil the January 5 parliamentary elections and to halt democratic process in the country.
“But they failed to foil the election,” he said.
He was speaking at a programme organised by Bangladesh Swadhinata Parishad in the capital.
The parishad organised the programme to protest the recent remarks made by BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the country’s War of Liberation.
Quamrul said peace and stability are prevailing after the January 5 general elections in the country.
The government will resist any kind of violent activities of the BNP-Jamaat to protect the people’s lives and property, he said.
“BNP has to face dire consequences, if they launch any violence in the name of movement,” he added.
In the same programme, AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Hasan Mahmud blamed BNP for what he called spoiling the political environment and destroying democratic practices in the country.
Both Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman should be eliminated from politics, he added.
