Hold fresh poll to avoid dire consequences: Khaleda

Issuing a warming to the government that the ‘guns which it is now using to cling power’ will turn out to be a great danger for it one day, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged the regime to hold a fresh election through talks to avoid dire consequences.  “Don’t show the power of guns. No one could cling to power with the power of firearms and you won’t be able to do so either. The guns you are now using to hang onto power will turn out to be a danger for you one day and you’ll have to face a harsher punishment and dire consequences,” she told an Iftar party Tuesday, according to a news agency. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), one of the partners of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, arranged the Iftar at Ladies’ Club in the city’s Eskaton area.
In her brief address before the Iftar, Khaleda said the country’s law and order situation has totally collapsed as there is no legitimate government in the country. Khaleda, a former Prime Minister, claimed that the ruling party men and members of the police, Rab and intelligence are involved in the incidents of forced disappearance. The BNP chief said they are preparing to wage a strong and united movement after the Eid to dislodge this regime and save the country from misrule. She called upon all patriot and repressed people and parties to get united under the same umbrella to put up a strong resistance against the government.