Democracy not safe yet, alleges Khaleda

Accusing the government of shackling nation with a one-party cruel rule, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said Friday democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of martyrs is not safe yet, reports UNB.
In a message, she said, "Our democracy has got stumbled again and again on its march forward…the democracy established in exchange of the blood of hundreds of martyrs is not yet out of danger."
Khaleda, also a former prime minister, issued the message on the occasion of Fall of Autocracy Day, commemorating military ruler HM Ershad's bowing out in the face of a mass upheaval on December 6, 1990.
She alleged that the true colour of the cruel and despotic one-party rule is exposing gradually with the changing attitude of current regime. "People's rights and independence have been put at stake once again by chaining the nation with the one-party cruel rule through holding the January-5 unilateral election."
Khaleda claimed that the party having the spirit of one-party Baksal rule together with the autocrat which had annihilated democracy in the 80s has destroyed all the democratic institutions. "This undemocratic evil force is gradually stanching people's basic and constitutional rights."
The BNP chief urged all to get united to resist the evil forces and give democracy a permanent shape.
On December 6, 1990, the autocratic Ershad regime was forced to step down handing over power to a caretaker administration after nine years of autocratic rule. Since then, different socio-political organisations have been observing the day as the Fall of Autocracy Day or Democracy Day.
Another report adds: Hitting out at the ruling party leaders for accusing BNP chairperson of conspiring at her Gulshan office with government officials, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Friday said Awami League (AL) leaders now finds conspiracy in everything as it suffers from the nightmare of its fall.
"The ruling party sees conspiracy in everything as it suffers from a nightmare as they're now afraid of fall anytime. They know it very well they're standing on quicksand losing earth beneath their feet.  Their throne will fall like the house of cards in the face of turbulent wave of people," he said.
Mirza Fakhrul, the BNP acting secretary general, was addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club arranged by the party marking 'Democracy Free Day', commemorating military ruler HM Ershad's bowing out in the face of a mass upheaval on December 6, 1990.