Claiming her party's movement a success, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Wednesday night said she has turned out to be the leader with 95 per cent people's support while her arch rival Sheikh Hasina became Prime Minister (PM) with the mandate of only five percent people, reports UNB.
"Don't get frustrated, I'm not upset. Our movement is successful as 95 per cent people are with us and they didn't vote in the January 5 elections," a journalist quoted Khaleda as saying at a meeting with pro-BNP professionals.
A delegation of Bangladesh Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad, a body of pro-BNP professionals, led by its convener Ruhul Amin Gazi, held over a two-hour closed-door meeting with the BNP chief at her Gulshan office.
Meeting sources said Khaleda exchanged views with the professionals and talked about the latest political situation, the January 5 elections and her party's strategy to force the government to hold fresh polls.
After the meeting that ended at around 11.00 am, another journalist leader, wishing anonymity, told the news agency that Khaleda justified her party's decision to boycott the election. "Our decision to boycott the polls was right one. It would have been a suicidal decision had we joined it. Because they (AL) through election engineering made us the number third party to prove that we have no public support."
Mentioning that their movement is going on, the former premier said they will gradually intensify it and force the government to quit and arrange an inclusive and fair election.
Khaleda said the current regime will not sustain even for a year as it has no support both at home and abroad, the sources said.
She also said the government is morally very weak though they are screaming louder to cling to power.
Referring to the congratulatory messages sent to the government by different countries, Khaleda said what the government is providing information to the media about the greetings are not accurate. "They're giving partial information. We have good contact with those countries. Government versions don't match with their ones."
Asked what they suggested Khaleda, a lawyer who was present at the meeting said most of the professionals advocated for engaging in talks with the government alongside continuing the peaceful movement.
