BNP alliance pushes for govt\\\'s removal, threatens movement

FE Team | Published: August 20, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance said Tuesday there is no alternative to unseating it through a fierce and united movement, reports UNB.
Addressing a rally at the city's Suhrawardy Udyan, they also demanded of the government to immediately annul the National Broadcast Policy, 2014 as they said it has been framed to restore one-party BAKSAL rule to gag the media as done in 1975.
It was the first street programme of the 20-party after the January-5 election boycotted by the BNP-led opposition alliance.
"The current illegal and unethical government wants to bolster its power by resorting to repressive acts and various laws and policies. This regime won't bow out with any soft line of action as ghee doesn't come out with the straight finger. It has to be overthrown through a strong and united movement," said BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
He also alleged that the government using RAB and police and the ruling party 'cadres' are killing and repressing people. "The government has established a reign of terror across the country to perpetuate its rule."
The BNP spokesman said the 20-party's movement is not for going to power or making Khaleda Zia Prime Minister rather it is for protecting people's rights, democracy, the country and its independence and sovereignty.
About the broadcast policy, Fakhrul said Awami League which does not believe in democracy has framed the policy so that no one can criticise their misdeeds, and control the media and TV talk-shows.
BNP standing committee members Moudud Ahmed, Tariqul Islam, MK Anwar, Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman, Rafiqul Islam Miah, Jamiruddin Sircar, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Liberal Democratic Party-LDP chairmen Oli Ahmed, Jamaat-e-Islami nayebe ameer Mujibur Rahman, Islami Oikya Jote chairmen Abdul Latif Nezami, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) chairman Andaleeve Rahman and Jatiya Ganatantrik Party-JAGPA president Safiul Alam Pradhan, among others, addressed the rally.