Khaleda keeps mum as Mannan tenders salam
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Apparently in a snub to her estranged party secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, ex-premier and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia kept mum although he repeatedly tendered her salam as they met in the courtroom Wednesday in the changed times, reports UNB.
Witnesses said Bhuiyan gave salam four or five times but Khaleda deliberately avoided him and kept exchanging pleasantries with other co-accused, including Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, who were produced in the dock in connection with the Gatco graft case.
The once-trusted lieutenant of Khaleda fell from her grace as he had emerged as reformist BNP leader and mooted proposals for reform of the party discarding Khaleda's leadership, in tune with the political reform recipe pronounced by the interim regime.
Witnesses said Bhuiyan gave salam four or five times but Khaleda deliberately avoided him and kept exchanging pleasantries with other co-accused, including Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, who were produced in the dock in connection with the Gatco graft case.
The once-trusted lieutenant of Khaleda fell from her grace as he had emerged as reformist BNP leader and mooted proposals for reform of the party discarding Khaleda's leadership, in tune with the political reform recipe pronounced by the interim regime.