BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, inset, addresses a rally at Nilphamari High School ground yesterday. Photo: Star Not a single foreign country has recognised the “illegal” Sheikh Hasina government that came to power through a voter less election, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has claimed. Hasina's photo sessions with the heads of foreign nations wouldn't bring recognition for this government, Khaleda, a
lso chief of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, told a rally at the Nilphamari Government Boys' High School ground. The one-sided January 5 election could not be stopped for the failure of BNP's Dhaka city leaders to wage a tougher movement in the capital, said Khaleda. “We are to be blamed for the failure [to launch a movement in Dhaka last year]. But I thank the people of Nilphamari for staging a strong agitation in the district as in other parts of the country,” she said. Khaleda hoped BNP's Dhaka city leaders would succeed this time in waging a tougher movement in the capital. The BNP-led alliance will overthrow the government if it doesn't meet the demand for a fresh election under a non-party administration, she said. “Let me complete the ongoing mass contact programme. I will then announce the movement at the right time. This time, we will return home after toppling this illegal and repressive government. Advertisement “Our victory is certain … we must win,” said the BNP chief. Turning to the issues of forced disappearance and murder, Khaleda said the government is turning Rab and police into “Rakkhi Bahini”, which had killed 30,000 people during the tenure of the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman-led government. Pointing to hundreds of cases against alliance leaders and activists, Khaleda said they have to take the pains of appearing frequently before the court. Leaders and activists of the combine are being bled for every last penny due to the lawsuits. If the BNP is voted to power, her government would establish rule of law and good governance, restore democracy, ensure freedom of judiciary and the media, she said. Refuting the government's allegation that the BNP is trying to create anarchy by using religion, Khaleda said it is the Hasina-led government that is hurting the sentiments of the Muslims. JAMAAT LEADER ANNOYED When Nilphamari BNP leader Samsuzzaman Zaman, requested Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Mujibir Rahman to conclude his speech within a minute, the Jamaat leader refused to comply. Jamaat is a party, and one minute is not enough, said an annoyed Mujibur. Hundreds of activists of the Jamaat, a key ally of the BNP, started shouting as Mujibur got locked in an argument with Zaman, the coordinator of the rally. The Jamaat leader spoke for nearly eight minutes. He warned the government of dire consequences if the arrested leaders of his party are made victims of the government's political vengeance. This was Khaleda's seventh rally after the January 5 election. She will attend rallies in Natore on October 30, Comilla on November 7 and Kishoreganj on November 12.
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