Free Tarique or fall: JCD to govt
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dol (JCD), student wing of BNP, has threatened to launch countrywide movements to topple the caretaker government if it did not release ailing BNP leader Tarique Rahman to seek overseas treatment, reports bdnews24.com.
JCD activists, in a protest rally in front of Dhaka University arts faculty Tuesday, also demanded the release of his mother detained former premier Khaleda Zia.
"The government must release Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman unconditionally and send Tarique abroad. Otherwise we would go for a movement to oust the government," JCD central committee senior vice president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said.
"Tarique has been very ill over a long period. All the medical boards have advised sending him abroad and the High Court recommended the government do the same," he said.
"If they are not released immediately, we will besiege the whole of Bangladesh," he threatened.
JCD activists, in a protest rally in front of Dhaka University arts faculty Tuesday, also demanded the release of his mother detained former premier Khaleda Zia.
"The government must release Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman unconditionally and send Tarique abroad. Otherwise we would go for a movement to oust the government," JCD central committee senior vice president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said.
"Tarique has been very ill over a long period. All the medical boards have advised sending him abroad and the High Court recommended the government do the same," he said.
"If they are not released immediately, we will besiege the whole of Bangladesh," he threatened.