Khaleda likely to give final ultimatum for talks in Dec
Monday, 10 November 2014
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to give another ultimatum to the government in December as part of her final push for accepting her demand for holding a fresh election under a non-party administration through talks to avert a Dhaka-centric fierce movement, reports UNB.
Party sources said Khaleda, on completion of her party's ongoing countrywide mass campaign, will call for a big rally in Dhaka in the last week of December next from where she will issue the last ultimatum for dialogue to break the political standoff. In case of any obstruction to the Dhaka rally by the government, Khaleda will come up with the ultimatum at a press conference, the sources added.
The BNP chief will also spell out some action programmes like hartal, gherao, non-cooperation and blockade to be enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance if her ultimatum goes unheeded. Her party's ongoing mass campaign is set to end with her Comilla rally scheduled for November 29.
"She may hold two more rallies, including one in Chittagong division," a BNP leader close to Khaleda told the news agency wishing anonymity.The BNP leader said their party this time will not carry out their decisive movement for a longer period as they did last year. "Instead, the party will try to get a positive outcome within 10-15 days through a vigorous movement, mainly in Dhaka," he added. Party senior leaders said they will focus this time on staging a vigorous movement in Dhaka by mobilising their bonafide activists in the capital city from across the country.
According to them, Khaleda Zia will discuss the final movement
strategy with her party's senior leaders as she is going to sit with
BNP advisory council members today( Monday) while with vice-chairmen and joint secretaries tomorrow(Tuesday).The plan will be finalised at the meting with her party's standing committee members tomorrow ( Thursday).
Contacted, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam said they are now going with the first stage of their movement through the countrywide mass campaign and public rallies. "We'll intensify our movement once the mass campaign ends."