BANGLADESH NEWS
A day after the opposition BNP said it will thwart any 'undemocratic third force' , State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam said the BNP in reality wanted to stifle democracy forever by facilitating emergence of such force.
"They (BNP) were born in the cantonment, so it's natural that they want the emergence of third force," he said at a discussion at the National Press Club on Friday.
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday had said it would resist if a third force tries to capitalise on the 'political standoff'.
Quamrul said on Friday, "The BNP wants to stop the all the trials including the war crimes trial and the trials of the Aug 21 grenade attack case and 10-truck arms haul case. And they're moving ahead with this purpose."
The Awami League leader also criticised the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance persisting with its demand for restoration of the caretaker government system.
"There's no scope of discussion on a 'dead issue'. A certain group of so-called intellectuals and scholars want the restoration of the system. They want to foil democracy in the name of democracy."
Quamrul urged the opposition to join talks on 'interim government' system instead of the caretaker government.
Awami League Presidium Members Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and Satish Chandra Roy and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Agriculture Ministry Shawkat Momen Shahjahan also spoke at the programme.
"They (BNP) were born in the cantonment, so it's natural that they want the emergence of third force," he said at a discussion at the National Press Club on Friday.
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday had said it would resist if a third force tries to capitalise on the 'political standoff'.
Quamrul said on Friday, "The BNP wants to stop the all the trials including the war crimes trial and the trials of the Aug 21 grenade attack case and 10-truck arms haul case. And they're moving ahead with this purpose."
The Awami League leader also criticised the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance persisting with its demand for restoration of the caretaker government system.
"There's no scope of discussion on a 'dead issue'. A certain group of so-called intellectuals and scholars want the restoration of the system. They want to foil democracy in the name of democracy."
Quamrul urged the opposition to join talks on 'interim government' system instead of the caretaker government.
Awami League Presidium Members Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and Satish Chandra Roy and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Agriculture Ministry Shawkat Momen Shahjahan also spoke at the programme.
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