Ashraful accuses BNP of striking rogue deal with govt
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Acting Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam Friday accused BNP of striking an underhand deal with the military-backed caretaker government, reports UNB.
Referring to Thursday's meeting of Khaleda Zia with BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain and Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid inside the makeshift jail, Ashraful said it was the BNP, not the Awami League, which always practises politics of rogue deal.
He made the comment in reply to repeated allegations by the BNP and its allies that the Awami League had secretly struck a deal to free party chief Sheikh Hasina.
He said the government did not allow the Awami League and its allies to meet Hasina when she was in jail but the BNP got the privilege.
"Thursday's meeting is a clear indication that the BNP has made a deal with the government," he said.
He, however, said that his party would expect the BNP would sit with the government for dialogue for the sake of fair elections despite Thursday's "illegal meeting" inside the jail.
Ashraful said the government's anti-corruption drive was an eyewash to put the Awami League to the level of the BNP.
The crackdown against corruption was basically a drive against the Awami League but that attempt had failed, he said.
"Now top corrupts are on the process of getting released. In a single day bails are being awarded in 13, 14 cases," he said. "If top corrupts get freedom, why other corrupts will stay behind bars?" he said.
He made the statement at a discussion to commemorate the fourth death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, wife of AL acting president Zillur Rahman.
Reacting to the High Court verdict in the jail killing case, Ashraful said it was a "mockery" of trial.
"When will we get fair justice? We are worried," he said.
Referring to Thursday's meeting of Khaleda Zia with BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain and Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid inside the makeshift jail, Ashraful said it was the BNP, not the Awami League, which always practises politics of rogue deal.
He made the comment in reply to repeated allegations by the BNP and its allies that the Awami League had secretly struck a deal to free party chief Sheikh Hasina.
He said the government did not allow the Awami League and its allies to meet Hasina when she was in jail but the BNP got the privilege.
"Thursday's meeting is a clear indication that the BNP has made a deal with the government," he said.
He, however, said that his party would expect the BNP would sit with the government for dialogue for the sake of fair elections despite Thursday's "illegal meeting" inside the jail.
Ashraful said the government's anti-corruption drive was an eyewash to put the Awami League to the level of the BNP.
The crackdown against corruption was basically a drive against the Awami League but that attempt had failed, he said.
"Now top corrupts are on the process of getting released. In a single day bails are being awarded in 13, 14 cases," he said. "If top corrupts get freedom, why other corrupts will stay behind bars?" he said.
He made the statement at a discussion to commemorate the fourth death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, wife of AL acting president Zillur Rahman.
Reacting to the High Court verdict in the jail killing case, Ashraful said it was a "mockery" of trial.
"When will we get fair justice? We are worried," he said.