BANGLADESH NEWS
Dhaka, May 18 Brushing off the Prime Minister's claim about the caretaker government, the BNP on Friday said it knew well how to bend the government to its demand to hold the next general elections under a non-party government.
"The Prime Minister said she knew how to deal with the opposition. We'd like to tell her, the opposition also knows how to make the government give in to the caretaker government issue," Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed told a pro-BNP doctors' meeting at the National Press Club.
"A worldwide public opinion has been created about a non-partisan, neutral government in Bangladesh," Moudud claimed.
"US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently came to Dhaka and said that a free and fair election will have to be held in Bangladesh, so that all parties can participate. So there is no way to discount this demand."
The former law minister said the Prime Minister' Sheikh Hasina's comments about a neutral caretaker government and the opposition at the reception by Bangladesh Chhatra League on Thursday were a reflection of her 'dictatorial' mentality.
Hasina on Thursday said: "The people of Bangladesh don't want to see another 'demon' called the caretaker government. The caretaker government gave nothing but misrule."
The Prime Minister said democracy here will be practised in the same manner as it is in other countries.
Moudud said the government will be "forced to go to polls under a neutral caretaker government" and reiterated that they knew "how to get it done".
The senior BNP leader alleged that the government was influencing every constitutional organisation such as the Public Service Commission and Anti-Corruption Commission.
He said the government detained top leaders of the BNP so that the party cannot take part in the polls. He believed the government will not be able to keep the leaders in jail for long using this ploy.
There's nothing to be frustrated about, Moudud said to his party leaders and supporters. "The government won't be able to thwart [our] movement keeping so many leaders in jail."
Doctors Association of Bangladesh organised the programme demanding release of the imprisoned alliance leaders, information on the whereabouts of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali and staging the upcoming polls under a neutral caretaker government.
"The Prime Minister said she knew how to deal with the opposition. We'd like to tell her, the opposition also knows how to make the government give in to the caretaker government issue," Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed told a pro-BNP doctors' meeting at the National Press Club.
"A worldwide public opinion has been created about a non-partisan, neutral government in Bangladesh," Moudud claimed.
"US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently came to Dhaka and said that a free and fair election will have to be held in Bangladesh, so that all parties can participate. So there is no way to discount this demand."
The former law minister said the Prime Minister' Sheikh Hasina's comments about a neutral caretaker government and the opposition at the reception by Bangladesh Chhatra League on Thursday were a reflection of her 'dictatorial' mentality.
Hasina on Thursday said: "The people of Bangladesh don't want to see another 'demon' called the caretaker government. The caretaker government gave nothing but misrule."
The Prime Minister said democracy here will be practised in the same manner as it is in other countries.
Moudud said the government will be "forced to go to polls under a neutral caretaker government" and reiterated that they knew "how to get it done".
The senior BNP leader alleged that the government was influencing every constitutional organisation such as the Public Service Commission and Anti-Corruption Commission.
He said the government detained top leaders of the BNP so that the party cannot take part in the polls. He believed the government will not be able to keep the leaders in jail for long using this ploy.
There's nothing to be frustrated about, Moudud said to his party leaders and supporters. "The government won't be able to thwart [our] movement keeping so many leaders in jail."
Doctors Association of Bangladesh organised the programme demanding release of the imprisoned alliance leaders, information on the whereabouts of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali and staging the upcoming polls under a neutral caretaker government.
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