Movement can\\\'t be suppressed with court orders, says BNP

Claiming that Awami League has demonstrated its political bankruptcy by using the court as its last resort to foil their movement, BNP warned on Monday the government will not be able to suppress their agitation with court orders, reports UNB.

In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said, "The government has turned the judiciary into a weapon to suppress the opposition and different opinions. The current illegal government has apparently exposed its political bankruptcy by using the court as its last weapon to subdue people's justified movement for restoring democracy."

Earlier on Sunday, the High Court asked the government to take necessary steps to stop the ongoing violence across the country in the name of hartal and blockade.

It also asked the government to ensure a violence-free environment for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinees and take stern actions against those who have been creating impediment to holding the ongoing SSC and its equivalent examinations.

Reacting to the court order about the political movement, Mr Salahuddin said all the country's organs, including the judiciary, are being run following the direction of a single person, obliterating people's basic and human rights.

The BNP leader condemned the Prime Minister's 'invectives' against their party chief Khaleda Zia in parliament.

He warned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that she, as an order giver, will have to shoulder the responsibility of the current state terrorism, extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, abductions, killings, repressions and mass arrests.

Salahuddin said their ongoing transport blockade and hartal will continue until their demands, including holding a fresh election under a non-party government, are not realised.