Govt wants to invite foreign powers' intervention: Delwar
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Opposition BNP smells a rat in the ruling party designing to create a situation in the country to 'invite intervention' from foreign powers, reports UNB.
"Our apprehension is that the government wants to create such an unstable situation that paves the way for foreign powers' intervening," said BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, at a post-hartal press briefing at the party's central office.
He brought allegations of repressive action of the government and the ruling party cadres on the opposition's peaceful programmes.
Delwar said people are waiting to see the 'failed and oppressive' government quit sooner. He cautioned that no government in the past could cling to power by resorting to oppression.
He said the next movement programme will be announced after discussions in the party forum to free the nation from the 'misrule and oppression' of the government.
Delwar said people of all sections and professions have again expressed their lack of confidence in the Awami League government, by spontaneously and successfully observing the hartal across the country, defying threats and intimidation.
He said people have also supported the BNP's demands, for which hartal was called through making it an 'all-out success'.
The BNP secretary general thanked the people for peacefully observing the day-long shutdown amid the government's 'various repressive measures.'
BNP enforced the hartal to press for various demands including resolution of the crisis of public utility services, bringing down prices of essentials, scrapping 'slavery' agreements including allowing transit to foreign country, halting repression on political opponents and extrajudicial killings, stopping conspiracy to destroy the armed forces and trial against unlawful eviction of Khaleda Zia from her Dhaka cantonment residence.
Delwar claimed nearly 3000 leaders and workers of BNP and its front and associate organisations were arrested across the country since Saturday while about 2,000 were injured.
Describing the arrest, attack and harassment of the opposition leader and workers, he said the present government cannot claim itself a democratic government. Rather, he said it is a fascist government that is trying in every way to eliminate the opposition.
He strongly criticised the cordoning off of the BNP office in different places of the country, including the central office in the capital. He also protested the arrests of the party leaders and workers who were coming to the BNP office.
Delwar said they apprehend that activists of the ruling party wearing uniforms of police and RAB have picked up the BNP's leaders and workers.
Refuting the allegations of the BNP creating an anarchic situation, he questioned how they could create anarchy when the party's leaders and workers are not being allowed to take to the streets to exercise their democratic rights.
He said the government has assured that it would not obstruct the opposition's peaceful hartal, and the ruling party will not bring any peace procession, but in reality the ruling party activists equipped with arms under police protection have brought out processions against the hartal.
"Our apprehension is that the government wants to create such an unstable situation that paves the way for foreign powers' intervening," said BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, at a post-hartal press briefing at the party's central office.
He brought allegations of repressive action of the government and the ruling party cadres on the opposition's peaceful programmes.
Delwar said people are waiting to see the 'failed and oppressive' government quit sooner. He cautioned that no government in the past could cling to power by resorting to oppression.
He said the next movement programme will be announced after discussions in the party forum to free the nation from the 'misrule and oppression' of the government.
Delwar said people of all sections and professions have again expressed their lack of confidence in the Awami League government, by spontaneously and successfully observing the hartal across the country, defying threats and intimidation.
He said people have also supported the BNP's demands, for which hartal was called through making it an 'all-out success'.
The BNP secretary general thanked the people for peacefully observing the day-long shutdown amid the government's 'various repressive measures.'
BNP enforced the hartal to press for various demands including resolution of the crisis of public utility services, bringing down prices of essentials, scrapping 'slavery' agreements including allowing transit to foreign country, halting repression on political opponents and extrajudicial killings, stopping conspiracy to destroy the armed forces and trial against unlawful eviction of Khaleda Zia from her Dhaka cantonment residence.
Delwar claimed nearly 3000 leaders and workers of BNP and its front and associate organisations were arrested across the country since Saturday while about 2,000 were injured.
Describing the arrest, attack and harassment of the opposition leader and workers, he said the present government cannot claim itself a democratic government. Rather, he said it is a fascist government that is trying in every way to eliminate the opposition.
He strongly criticised the cordoning off of the BNP office in different places of the country, including the central office in the capital. He also protested the arrests of the party leaders and workers who were coming to the BNP office.
Delwar said they apprehend that activists of the ruling party wearing uniforms of police and RAB have picked up the BNP's leaders and workers.
Refuting the allegations of the BNP creating an anarchic situation, he questioned how they could create anarchy when the party's leaders and workers are not being allowed to take to the streets to exercise their democratic rights.
He said the government has assured that it would not obstruct the opposition's peaceful hartal, and the ruling party will not bring any peace procession, but in reality the ruling party activists equipped with arms under police protection have brought out processions against the hartal.