Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday opposition leader Khaleda Zia would not succeed to topple the government by killing people, rather she would be lost from politics.
“Let me make this clear. Stop this game of overthrowing government by killing people. You can’t do this, rather you’ll be lost from politics,” said the premier.
She was addressing a mammoth rally at Mawa Golchattar in Munshiganj.
Hasina, who also heads the governing Awami League, said that the opposition leader had thrown a 48-hour ultimatum, threatening that after that time the government would not find a way to flee.
“I want to ask her from where she had got the power to throw such challenge to the government.”
She also said that the opposition wanted to topple the government to save the war criminals.
Terming the opposition leader a person who lost her way, the prime minister said she does not want to throw any ultimatum to anyone. “You are doing politics… you’ll have to obey the democratic norms.”
She alleged that the opposition leader had invited Hefajat-e-Islam, provided arms to Jamaat-e-Islami men and her party cadres to kill innocent people for ousting the government.
Asking the opposition leader to remain in the path of democracy, Hasina said: “Otherwise, you’ll lose the soil from under your feet. You can’t imagine where you will slip down.”
She, however, thanked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for giving her party’s candidate in the upcoming city corporation elections. “Let me thank you as you have come to the path of democracy,” she added.
Source: The Daily Star
