Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said a wind of change has touched off people to get rid of the ‘tyrant’ and ‘corrupt’ government and they would topple the government waging severe movement. The BNP chief said she would be on frontline of the movement this time. ‘Police opens fire on protesters. This time we will see how they shoot people,’ she said. Khaleda said the country was now under one person’s grip. ‘Now the country is not only under a one-party rule, but also under exploitation ruled by just one person,’ she said while addressing a rally at Comilla Town Hall ground in afternoon to drum up public support for holding a fresh election under a non-party neutral administration. Referring to recent remarks of prime minister’s adviser HT Imam about the January-5 election, Khaleda said the adviser has divulged how Awami League manipulated the election to grab power illegally. The BNP chief said the government should step down immediately following HT Imam’s remarks. She asked the ruling party to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration if it thinks people are with it for their good works. The BNP chief said the government was successful only in corruption after it assumed office and all its actions took the country on a reverse direction. She said the Awami League in no way was a pro-independence force and people of faiths have fallen victim of its repression. She said the topmost authority in the government was motoring corruption and repression and made the Rapid Action Battalion a mercenary gang. She urged the international community not to recruit police and RAB members in UN peace missions as they kill people of their own country. She also asked the international circle not provide arms, ammunitions and training for the RAB and police. She iterated her demand for disbanding RAB and arrest of senior RAB official Colonel Zia who, according to her, had masterminded the killings by RAB with direct instruction from the ‘number one in the country and the one responsible for security.’ Khaleda was The former prime minister started addressing an hour after she reached the rally venue around 3:15pm, our staff correspondent reports. The BNP-led alliance has organised the gathering mainly to protest the government’s move to hike price of power and gas, and demand an election under a non-party neutral government. The city has been decorated with colourful posters and banners to welcome the BNP chairperson.
Source: New Age