Suranjit urges BNP chief to show respect to apex court

Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta has  requested BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to take recourse to democratic politics shunning the path of violence showing respect to the order of the country's apex court, reports BSS.
"The country's apex court, Supreme Court, has issued an order to restore law and order in the country stopping hartal-siege. If BNP possesses minimum respect to the rule of law, it will adhere to the court order taking recourse to democratic politics withdrawing hartal-siege programme," he said Monday.
Suranjit Sengupta, a senior parliamentarian of the ruling AL, said this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion in the city.
Bangabandhu Academy organised the discussion on current politics at the auditorium of Diploma Engineers Institution at Kakrail with its secretary general Humayun Kabir Mizi in the chair.
Adviser of the host organisation Engineer Md Abdul Motaleb and Samyabadi Dal central leader Haroon Chowdhury spoke at the discussion, among others.
Mr Sengupta said legitimacy of any movement could be established through constitutional movement while the movement gets momentum with people's participation.