Terming BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's meeting with some government officials Thursday night a 'midnight blueprint', Food Minister Quamrul Islam said Friday that necessary actions will be taken against those involved in the 'conspiracy,' report agencies.
"It's a conspiracy against the state…intelligence agencies will find out those involved in the conspiracy and actions will be taken accordingly," he said.
Mr Islam, also a joint general secretary of Awami League's (AL) Dhaka city unit, made the remarks at a discussion marking the 51st death anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy at Shilpakala Academy.
"We saw last night a meeting was held in BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office. This meeting reminds us the meeting held in November, 2006 at Uttara. Our intelligence agencies are not that much inefficient that they won't be able to find out who go where, when and why .They'll find out who are involved in the conspiracy," he added.
About BNP's denial about such meeting, the Awami League leader said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that no such meeting was held while BNP chairperson's press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan said such might have taken place. Their statements are contradictory, he said.
"'Gulshan conspiracy' won't be successful, neither BNP will succeed by hatching conspiracies and begging support from foreigners," said Quamrul.
Some 20 retired and serving bureaucrats reportedly held a meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office Thursday night.
The government will investigate reports of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's alleged meeting with a group of government officials, State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara has said.
She has warned that administrative steps will be taken against the officials if the reports are confirmed.
Later that night, BNP's acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir rubbished the reports in a media statement.
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta, MP, said Friday an investigation team should be constituted at the instruction of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to take action under the service rule against those bureaucrats who had secret talks with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Suranjit Sengupta, a senior parliamentarian of the ruling Awami League, said this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion on current politics in the city. Bangabandhu Academy organised the discussion at the Liberation War Museum at Segunbagicha in the capital in memory of the first elected Mayor of Dhaka City Mohammad Hanif.
