Four-party alliance leaders appear together after Dec 29 polls
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Leaders of the BNP-led four-party alliance for the first time after the December 29 election debacle appeared together at a commemorative discussion Saturday, possibly to break a standoff in the line-up, reports UNB.
After the last parliament elections the partners of the four-party alliance were not seen together at any rally or meeting, and there were adverse developments evident within the alliance fold and from outside.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain, Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) chairman Mufti Fazlul Huq Aminee, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish president Mohammad Ishaq and JAGPA chief Shafiul Alam Prodhan, among others, addressed a discussion commemorating the death of Moulana Emdadul Haq Araihazari, former Nayeb-e-Ameer of Khelafat Majlish, who recently died suffering from serious wounds in a road accident.
The Majlish organised the discussion at Diploma Engineers’ Institution in the afternoon with its president Mohammad Ishaq in the chair.
Speaking on the occasion, the BNP secretary general, Khondoker Delwar, said the Awami League government, within three months after coming to power, threw the country into a serious situation and "people became fed-up with its activities and failures".
He said they had not yet waged any movement against the government despite having a number of issues like power, water and gas crises and the BDR carnage but cautioned that they would be forced to go for movement for the sake of the people if the government did not resolve the present problems.
He criticised the recent threat of the state minister for home affairs against movement on issues of power and water. "We must resist if the government wants to push the country into anarchy," he said.
Jamaat Ameer Nizami stressed the need for "unity of nationalist-Islamic forces to work unitedly to protect democracy, independence and sovereignty of the country" as well as to keep up the trend of development and production that was started during the four-party alliance rule.
IOJ chairman Fazlul Huq Aminee asserted that Islamic politics could not be stopped in this country "until a single Islamic person remains alive".
"Millions of people are ready to sacrifice lives to protect Qaumi Madrasahs and Islam," he said, indicating a move of the new government towards updating and integrating such mode of education into mainstream-education system.
After the last parliament elections the partners of the four-party alliance were not seen together at any rally or meeting, and there were adverse developments evident within the alliance fold and from outside.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain, Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) chairman Mufti Fazlul Huq Aminee, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish president Mohammad Ishaq and JAGPA chief Shafiul Alam Prodhan, among others, addressed a discussion commemorating the death of Moulana Emdadul Haq Araihazari, former Nayeb-e-Ameer of Khelafat Majlish, who recently died suffering from serious wounds in a road accident.
The Majlish organised the discussion at Diploma Engineers’ Institution in the afternoon with its president Mohammad Ishaq in the chair.
Speaking on the occasion, the BNP secretary general, Khondoker Delwar, said the Awami League government, within three months after coming to power, threw the country into a serious situation and "people became fed-up with its activities and failures".
He said they had not yet waged any movement against the government despite having a number of issues like power, water and gas crises and the BDR carnage but cautioned that they would be forced to go for movement for the sake of the people if the government did not resolve the present problems.
He criticised the recent threat of the state minister for home affairs against movement on issues of power and water. "We must resist if the government wants to push the country into anarchy," he said.
Jamaat Ameer Nizami stressed the need for "unity of nationalist-Islamic forces to work unitedly to protect democracy, independence and sovereignty of the country" as well as to keep up the trend of development and production that was started during the four-party alliance rule.
IOJ chairman Fazlul Huq Aminee asserted that Islamic politics could not be stopped in this country "until a single Islamic person remains alive".
"Millions of people are ready to sacrifice lives to protect Qaumi Madrasahs and Islam," he said, indicating a move of the new government towards updating and integrating such mode of education into mainstream-education system.