United movement to oust AL-led govt urged

A group of student leaders, who participated in the '90s anti-junta movement and are in the BNP, has called for unity to oust the incumbent Awami League-led government.
Aman claimed the incumbent government was "worse than the autocratic regime of HM Ershad".
"We can't sit idle any more. We've decided to hold a students' convention in Dhaka by coordinating with the current and former leaders of then DUCSU and All-Party Students' Unity.
"It will be the same as the one we held on Oct 1, 1990 which had paved way for the fall of the military dictator."
Monday's announcement came after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's call for agitations to press for a snap election under a non-party 'neutral' government.
The former student leaders said they had much the same goal as their party chief.
Aman said Khaleda would address the Dec 18 convention and added that other student organisations currently involved in anti-government movement had also been invited, according to a news agency.