Hold talks for fresh poll or face movement, Khaleda to govt

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said Sunday her party will have no option but to wage a movement if the government does not immediately sit in talks for holding a fresh election, according to a news agency.
 “We still want to resolve the crisis and restore peace through talks, but the government is not sincere about it. We want to unequivocally say that if the government doesn’t take steps for a fresh election through talks, we’ll have no option but to settle it through a movement,” she said.
The former Prime Minister issued the warning to the government while delivering a brief speech at an Ifter party arranged by Kazi Zafar Ahmed-led Jatiya Party, a partner of BNP-led 20-party alliance, at a city hotel.
She said, “There’s no public representative government in the country at present. The illegal government is least bothered about public sufferings, unemployment and unbridled price hike of daily essentials.
Mentioning that democracy is now in exile in the country, the BNP chief said people’s basic rights are being snatched and the human rights are being violated at every step.
Khaleda was critical of the current parliament saying it is not the parliament of people’s elected representatives.  “No issue relating to public interest is discussed in it. Songs are performed and poems are recited in the current House. Khaleda urged people to get united and save the country from the grasp of Awami League through a strong movement.