BNP trump card to be shown in next polls
PM warns opposition at Ctg rally
Unb, Ctg
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday fired a salvo at the opposition for issuing so-called ultimatum and trump card to oust her elected government and declared that people would rather show them a BNP 'trump card' at the next elections, foiling all conspiracies."People will take a correct decision about elections in 2007 as they did in 2001 and give a fitting reply to the conspirators who want to turn Bangladesh into a satellite state and put people in shackles," she told a huge divisional grand rally of her party at Outer Stadium. Khaleda, also the chairperson of the BNP, alleged that when the country is moving forward with a better economy and development work, conspiracies are being hatched at national and international level to cripple the economy, stop investment, destroy industry and education. "A new conspiracy started through bombings to cripple economy and stop investment...We've made new laws, arrested and punished the terrors," she said, adding that though bomb terrorism started during the Awami League times, they could not take any step against the terrors. The prime minister said the government arrested kingpins of militant outfit JMB and recovered explosive materials. "A lot of information is coming out from them -- much of it about the patrons of these bombers." She said those who are patronising the bombers now guessed that "the cat will come out of the bag", and they started various conspiracies. Khaleda said those who are perpetrating bomb blasts in the name of Islam are actually the enemies of Islam, peace, democracy, development, society and the country. She claimed that the BNP became more popular than before and the opposition's conspiracy to isolate her party from the public fell flat on its face. Taking a swipe at the opposition movement, she said it has no respect for democracy and constitution and hence they are resorting to hartal, arson and destruction. Despite all their bids, people did not lend their support to them. The prime minister urged the people to vote for the BNP to hep help it root out seeds of all conspiracies against the country. Presided over by Whip Wahidul Alam MP, the rally was also addressed, among others, by BNP secretary general and LGRD Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Health Minister Dr Khandekar Mnosharraf Hossain, Law Minister Barrister Maudud Ahmed, Livestock Minister Abdullah Al Noman, Agriculture Minister MK Anwar, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan, State Minister Selima Rahman, Advisor Barkatullah Bulu, State Minister Ziaul Huq Zia, state minister Ehsanul Huq Milan, LK Siddiqui and Mohammad Shajahan .
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Prime Minister Khaleda Zia speaks at the divisional grand rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at the outer stadium in Chittagong yesterday. PHOTO: STAR |