BNP to announce programmes under 1-point movement to oust govt
UNB
Publish: 15 Jul 2024, 06:20 AM
Dhaka,
Jul 14 (UNB) - BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said
their party, together with like-minded opposition factions, will be announcing
a fresh set of programmes under a one-point movement to oust the incumbent
Awami League government.
Khan made the
announcement after a meeting with leaders of the 12-party alliance, that stayed
steadfast in its support for the BNP's anti-government movement throughout
2023, culminating in the boycott of the January 7, 2024 election "We see
various crises deepening in the country. It is not acceptable... the country is
facing a crisis of democracy... the country is plagued with corruption and
misdeeds," the BNP leader said.
Nazrul said it is clear
that high officials are indulging in corruption under the patronage of the
government, depleting the country's resources. "
"Banks are empty
and our currency is devalued. People have become fed up with rising commodity
prices. Anti-state MoUs have been signed. People are getting killed along the border
and the border remains unprotected."
In these circumstances,
the BNP leader said their party believes that the country's crises will not be
resolved without the implementation of that one point for which they started
the simultaneous movement last year.
"We'll announce the
programmes in the coming days to advance that one-point movement. We had this
discussion today (Sunday) in the wake of the announcement of that
programme," he said.
A delegation of the
12-party alliance, led by Jatiya Party (Zafar) chairman Mostafa Jamal Haider,
had the meeting with a BNP delegation comprising Nazrul Islam Khan, party
standing committee member Selima Rahman and vice chairman M Shahjahan.
The party also held
separate meetings with Gonotantrik Bam Oikya, Jatiyatabadi Samomona Jote, NDA,
Gonoforum, Bangladesh People's Party, LDP and a faction of Gono Odhikar
Parishad over the last two days and discussed their future course of action.
Replying to a question
about the anti-quota movement, Nazrul said, "The government is responsible
for this movement because the Prime Minister revoked the quota system instead
of reforming it out of anger.
"Even many people
belonging to the ruling party said that the decision was not correct. The High
Court now partially overruled the government's decision. Against which the
movement has started again... so the problem is not solved in this way,"
he observed.
The BNP leader said the
government should have reformed the quota system in a justified manner.
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