nt on political action terming it a victory day for democracy. Khaleda has been asking the government to arrange a midterm polls under a neutral administration, terming the current regime illegal. Turning down the demand, the government has been saying that next polls will be held in 2019 under the sitting premier after the completion of its tenure. The BNP-led allies boycotted the January 5 general election on demand for a non-partisan government to oversee it, but AL, being in office along with some other parties, contested the parliamentary polls. Afterwards, BNP depended on its western friends, especially on America, to realise the demand for midterm elections, but no quarters come forward to press the government in holding the snap polls. Meanwhile, tension mounts among the masses as student wings of both the sides—Bangladesh Chhatra League of the ruling circles and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal of BNP—are also issuing threats to face each other in political field. BCL leaders avowed that they would not allow Khaleda to hold any rally until its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman offers an unconditional apology to the nation for his derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu. They also declared to foil her scheduled rally in Gazipur on December 27. As a counter, JCD leaders wants to take the political struggle onto streets and said they would teach BCL a good lesson for its offensive attitude against senior BNP leaders, including Khaleda and her son Tarique. Amid this state of politics, Hasina on Monday directed the local administration not to spare any criminal for committing crimes. She said her government would not want recurrence of mayhem carried out by BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami centring the last parliamentary polls. “Arrest miscreants irrespective of their party affiliations,” Hasina said categorically through videoconferencing with the administration of Rangpur and Barisal divisions. The country has been ruled by the two female leaders for the last 24 years. Dhaka city unit AL general secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya at a programme in the capital on Tuesday said, “I myself will take to the streets on January 5 to face BNP movement.” To counter Maya’s remarks, BNP acting secretary general said they will do everything possible to make their programme successful. However, the general public is in a state of panic as BNP plans to hold massive programmes on January 3 and January 5 in Dhaka while the governing party plans to hold a rally at historic Suhrawardy Udyan on January 5—the red-letter day when the people mandated it to power for the second consecutive term. The BNP-led alliance may enforce a marathon 72-hour countrywide hartal if the government does not allow them to hold the political programmes. About preparation to face the opposition, AL insiders said BNP has been issuing threats for the last couple of months to take to the streets but they strongly believe that people will not respond to BNP’s movement. Alongside party activists, the government has asked the administration to stay alert to face the opposition’s any sort of anarchy in the name of movement. Keeping last year’s mayhem in mind, AL president Hasina at a joint meeting of the party hinted that the government would not spare anybody for anarchy. “Nobody will be spared for trying to create anarchy. Even, Khaleda Zia may be behind bars for violence,” she told the meeting held at Gonobhaban recently.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Politics set to heat up:Daily Sun
nt on political action terming it a victory day for democracy. Khaleda has been asking the government to arrange a midterm polls under a neutral administration, terming the current regime illegal. Turning down the demand, the government has been saying that next polls will be held in 2019 under the sitting premier after the completion of its tenure. The BNP-led allies boycotted the January 5 general election on demand for a non-partisan government to oversee it, but AL, being in office along with some other parties, contested the parliamentary polls. Afterwards, BNP depended on its western friends, especially on America, to realise the demand for midterm elections, but no quarters come forward to press the government in holding the snap polls. Meanwhile, tension mounts among the masses as student wings of both the sides—Bangladesh Chhatra League of the ruling circles and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal of BNP—are also issuing threats to face each other in political field. BCL leaders avowed that they would not allow Khaleda to hold any rally until its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman offers an unconditional apology to the nation for his derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu. They also declared to foil her scheduled rally in Gazipur on December 27. As a counter, JCD leaders wants to take the political struggle onto streets and said they would teach BCL a good lesson for its offensive attitude against senior BNP leaders, including Khaleda and her son Tarique. Amid this state of politics, Hasina on Monday directed the local administration not to spare any criminal for committing crimes. She said her government would not want recurrence of mayhem carried out by BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami centring the last parliamentary polls. “Arrest miscreants irrespective of their party affiliations,” Hasina said categorically through videoconferencing with the administration of Rangpur and Barisal divisions. The country has been ruled by the two female leaders for the last 24 years. Dhaka city unit AL general secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya at a programme in the capital on Tuesday said, “I myself will take to the streets on January 5 to face BNP movement.” To counter Maya’s remarks, BNP acting secretary general said they will do everything possible to make their programme successful. However, the general public is in a state of panic as BNP plans to hold massive programmes on January 3 and January 5 in Dhaka while the governing party plans to hold a rally at historic Suhrawardy Udyan on January 5—the red-letter day when the people mandated it to power for the second consecutive term. The BNP-led alliance may enforce a marathon 72-hour countrywide hartal if the government does not allow them to hold the political programmes. About preparation to face the opposition, AL insiders said BNP has been issuing threats for the last couple of months to take to the streets but they strongly believe that people will not respond to BNP’s movement. Alongside party activists, the government has asked the administration to stay alert to face the opposition’s any sort of anarchy in the name of movement. Keeping last year’s mayhem in mind, AL president Hasina at a joint meeting of the party hinted that the government would not spare anybody for anarchy. “Nobody will be spared for trying to create anarchy. Even, Khaleda Zia may be behind bars for violence,” she told the meeting held at Gonobhaban recently.
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