Staff Reporter
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday warned that people of the country would not accept any attempt to sabotage the forthcoming parliamentary elections on December 29. She said any attempt to sabotage the polls will be catastrophic.
“Conspiracy is under way to foil the elections,” she said at an election meeting in Jessore and Khulna.
Earlier on Sunday after offering wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in the capital, the Chairperson of BNP headed for southwestern districts to address election rallies.
She had already addressed meetings at Manikganj, Rajbari, Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga and Magura before arriving at Jessore and Khulna yesterday.
In Jessore Town Hall ground Begum Zia said the conspirators appeared to be jealous after sensing the huge popularity and certain victory of the BNP led four-part alliance in the polls. ” We have to watch carefully if anybody is plotting to foil the polls,” she added.
Warning against any conspiracy to foil the election she firmly said that people will not tolerate any conspiracy and foil any evil designs damaging the polls.
She claimed that every day newcomers were joining the BNP and would cast their vote to ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ like in the election in 2001.
“Inshallah by the mandate of the people the BNP will come to power like in 2001,” she asserted. She claimed that a particular party was getting favour from the administration. The BNP Chairperson urged the administration to act neutrally.
The four-party alliance chief said the whole country has been converted into a jailhouse during the past couple of years. People now want to be free again.
She said the anti graft drive was launched to depoliticise the country. ” The corrupt are hale and hearty all right. It was the people’s representatives who were arrested and persecuted and sued,” she added.
She alleged having failed to finish her the authorities put her sons behind bars and tortured them.
“We had to suffer because we love the country. Ziaur Rahman also gave his life as he loved his country and people,” she mentioned.
Claiming that extensive development was effected during the immediate past BNP rule, the former prime minister said some quarters had then conspired to sabotage the BNP government that had initiated measures for the country’s development.
She said the conflicting political situation following the end of four-party alliance rule in 2006 ushered in the emergency rule on January 11, 2007-all of which came off anti-BNP plots.
The January 22, 2007 polls were cancelled because all were against the imminent BNP victory, which would ensure continued happiness for the voters”
Calling upon everybody to work together, the BNP chairperson said, “Let’s all work together to restore democracy and save the people and the country.”
Khaleda introduced the four-party alliance candidates running the polls from six seats to the people. They were BNP leader Tariqul Islam (Jessore-3), TS Ayub (Jessore-4), Abul Hossain Azad (Jessore-6), Jamaat-e-Islami leader Azizur Rahman (Jessore-1), Shahadat Hossain (Jessore-2) and Islami Oikyo Jote leader Mufti Muhammad Wakkas (Jessore-5).
Accompanied by BNP’s vice president Sarwari Rahman, Khaleda started for Kalaroa of Satkhira after rounding off the Jessore meeting.
She was scheduled to address seven public meetings in Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts.
A day before announcing BNP’s election manifesto on Saturday, Khaleda launched her polls campaign on Friday through addressing public meetings at Sylhet, Habiganj and Brahmanbarhia.
She addressed a number of meetings in the capital that had started in the evening on Saturday after unveiling the party manifesto. The BNP Chairperson is expected to return the capital today.
Courtesy: nation.ittefaq.com
