Dhaka,
25 Oct (UNB) - BNP Chairperson's advisory council member Zainul Abedin Farroque
on Friday urged the interim government to promptly initiate the process of a
fair election without delaying reforms as plots are on to destabilise the
country.
"There is a
conspiracy to weaken the interim government, which is disrupting the reform
process. I urge Chief Advisor Dr Muhammad Yunus to stay vigilant about
this," he said.
Speaking at a sit-in
programme, he also said the government should complete reforms to the Election
Commission urgently based on the opinions of the political parties to start the
election process.
The Senbagh Forum in
Dhaka arranged the programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the
withdrawal of all cases filed against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.
Farroque also demanded
that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India, be brought back to
the country immediately.
He claimed that Sheikh
Hasina, who is involved in the disappearances of Ilyas Ali and Chowdhury Alam
in Bangladesh and the killings of many opposition leaders and activists, was
seen walking around a park in Delhi under special security.
The BNP leader noted
that a fallen dictator like Hasina walks in a park in Delhi, the capital of a
country that once boasted to the world as a democratic nation.
"I demand that the
Chief Advisor of the Interim Government bring back Sheikh Hasina, against whom
an arrest warrant has been issued by the International Crimes Tribunal of
Bangladesh. She should be held accountable under the law and punished," he
said.
Farroque stated that the
syndicate pushing up the prices of essential items is connected to the ghost of
Awami League.
"Those involved in
the potato syndicate, the onion syndicate, and the sugar syndicate are once
again alert and plotting," he said.
The BNP leader
emphasised that the government must take swift action against the Awami
business syndicate. "The longer we wait, the more they will assert
themselves... We need to bring them under the law and break their hold."
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