LALMONIR HAT
Lalmonirhat, Feb 27 BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has said that her party will oppose giving transit facility to India if it does not give the Teesta river water to Bangladesh.
"The river Teesta has dried out. This [Awami League] government has failed to bring a drop of water from India," she told a rally at the local Collectorate Ground in Lalmonirhat on Monday.
"Transit and corridor facility will be stopped if they (India) don't share the water of Teesta. Friendship can't be one-sided," she added.
Speaking on the occasion, the BNP chairperson also reiterated her party's stand that they would not take part in the next election without a caretaker government.
"You (government) still have time…either meet the demand of [election under] non-partisan and impartial government or you'll have to leave amidst protests. So, make a choice."
She started her 45-minute speech around 4:12pm.
This was the last publicity rally of Khaleda Zia before the opposition's Mar 12 'grand rally' at Dhaka.
In the 45-minute address, the opposition leader touched upon a number of issues, including the current state of the country, corruption, Sagar-Runi killing, capital market, border killings and 'submissive' foreign policies, and the recent India visit of the home minister.
JOURNALIST COUPLE KILLING
Blaming the government for the sensational murder that rocked the media, Khaleda claimed, "Sagar-Runi had many secret information about the corruption in the government. If published, those information would have reached even abroad. So they were killed ruthlessly."
She went on to say, "So the killers only took their laptop, mobile handsets and computers. There were other things also at their places."
"The killers of Sagar and Runi have been sent abroad, which is why the government is not arresting the killers and is dillydallying."
Claiming that around 12,000 opposition activists and 15 journalists have been killed during this government's tenure, Khaleda said, "Now the prime minister is saying that providing security to people in their bedrooms is not the government's responsibility (sic)."
She also questioned the government's actions with regard to the murders: "What is the mystery in this murder? Why are the killers not being arrested? The home minister proudly said they would be caught (in 48 hours)."
Alleging that the killers are not being arrested deliberately, Khaleda claimed, "The killers were caught in reality. Then they were sent abroad. That is why the government is dillydallying."
Private television channel Maasranga's news editor Sagar Sarowar and ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi were killed at their residence at Dhaka's Rajabazar in the early hours of Jan 11.
Khaleda left for Dhaka around 7pm from the circuit house.
"The river Teesta has dried out. This [Awami League] government has failed to bring a drop of water from India," she told a rally at the local Collectorate Ground in Lalmonirhat on Monday.
"Transit and corridor facility will be stopped if they (India) don't share the water of Teesta. Friendship can't be one-sided," she added.
Speaking on the occasion, the BNP chairperson also reiterated her party's stand that they would not take part in the next election without a caretaker government.
"You (government) still have time…either meet the demand of [election under] non-partisan and impartial government or you'll have to leave amidst protests. So, make a choice."
She started her 45-minute speech around 4:12pm.
This was the last publicity rally of Khaleda Zia before the opposition's Mar 12 'grand rally' at Dhaka.
In the 45-minute address, the opposition leader touched upon a number of issues, including the current state of the country, corruption, Sagar-Runi killing, capital market, border killings and 'submissive' foreign policies, and the recent India visit of the home minister.
JOURNALIST COUPLE KILLING
Blaming the government for the sensational murder that rocked the media, Khaleda claimed, "Sagar-Runi had many secret information about the corruption in the government. If published, those information would have reached even abroad. So they were killed ruthlessly."
She went on to say, "So the killers only took their laptop, mobile handsets and computers. There were other things also at their places."
"The killers of Sagar and Runi have been sent abroad, which is why the government is not arresting the killers and is dillydallying."
Claiming that around 12,000 opposition activists and 15 journalists have been killed during this government's tenure, Khaleda said, "Now the prime minister is saying that providing security to people in their bedrooms is not the government's responsibility (sic)."
She also questioned the government's actions with regard to the murders: "What is the mystery in this murder? Why are the killers not being arrested? The home minister proudly said they would be caught (in 48 hours)."
Alleging that the killers are not being arrested deliberately, Khaleda claimed, "The killers were caught in reality. Then they were sent abroad. That is why the government is dillydallying."
Private television channel Maasranga's news editor Sagar Sarowar and ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi were killed at their residence at Dhaka's Rajabazar in the early hours of Jan 11.
Khaleda left for Dhaka around 7pm from the circuit house.
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