Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the BNP itself closed all options for discussion on a caretaker government when it withdrew the adjournment motion in Parliament.
Hasina also alleged the opposition party deceived the people by taking back the motion – one that draws the attention of the House to a matter of urgent public importance.
“There is no scope for discussion. They have blocked the opportunity,” Hasina told a programme marking the historic Six-Point Demand Day at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Friday.
The BNP withdrew the motion for revival of the caretaker system on Monday when the 18th session of ninth Parliament kicked off. Noakhali-1 MP AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon had put forward the motion before the Parliament Secretariat on May 22.
The motion submitted as per Section 62 of the Rules of Procedures of Parliament said the caretaker government system should be restored for the sake of a free and fair election.
Hasina on Friday said: ”The Leader of the Opposition (Khaleda Zia) issued a 48-hour ultimatum when we talked about talks.”
”She then said we (the government) will not find any way to escape. I’d like to ask her a question….Who will have to find that way now?”
Hasina alleged the proposal placed at the House was not even an ‘adjournment motion’ as per law.
“Still we decided in the working committee meeting to pass the duty on to the Speaker to include it (the motion) in the rule of procedure,” she said. “We were ready for discussion.”
”But the BNP withdrew the motion when we took that decision. What do they want?” Hasina asked.
The Prime Minister further alleged the opposition lawmakers joined the budget session only to secure their membership.
”I wish they will stay and talk anything they want having joined the budget discussion,” she added at the programme.
The Awami League and its associated orgianisations on Friday organised several programmes to mark the day.
On this day in 1966, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched a massive movement against the misrule of the West Pakistanis on the basis of the Six-Point Demand, also known as the Magna Carta of the Bangalees. It demanded autonomy for the then East Pakistan.
Ten people, including Manu Mian, Shafique and Shamsul Haque, were gunned down by police and paramilitary EPR in Dhaka and Narayanganj during a shutdown, called for the release of Bangabandhu and other leaders detained for launching the Six-Point Movement.
Hasina paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the morning.
Source: Bd news24
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