Senior leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said they would not accept replacement of the caretaker government system by an interim government.
They also warned the government of 'dire consequences' if the constitution (15th amendment)] bill was passed.
'The country will plunge into anarchy if the bill is passed ignoring the popular demand for retaining the caretaker government provision,' party standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said.
He was addressing a discussion on the government's move to do away with the caretaker government system organised by Bangladesh Muktijuddha Prajanma at the National Press Club.
The BNP leader demanded immediate withdrawal of the bill.
The acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on a separate occasion said the party would not accept an interim government provision.
He was talking to reporters at city's Labaid Hospital after paying a visit to ailing Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur who was undergoing treatment there.
Rumana has been blinded by torture by her husband Syeed Hasan Suman.
Terming barbaric and inhuman the torture on Rumana, the BNP leader demanded exemplary punishment for Syeed Hasan.
The BNP spokesperson said, 'We do not believe in the idea of interim government. We want the retention of the caretaker government provision made through the 13th amendment.'
Mirza Fakhrul said tougher agitation programmes would be announced on July 3 in protest against the government's move to change the constitution 'unilaterally'.
He alleged that the Awami League-led government was deceiving the people in the name of constitution amendment.
'The Awami League-led government has planned changes to 51 Articles of the constitution and many of the changes are anti-democratic,' he said.
'The AL is plotting to cling to power by bringing changes to the constitution unilaterally as they know they would not be able to return to power for its failures in running the country, if elections are held under a caretaker government,' he said.
When his attention was drawn to the prime minister's assurances that any 'reasonable' proposals of the opposition would be inserted in the constitution, Mirza Fakhrul said, 'It is nothing but a ploy to deceive the people.'
'They will continue such tricks to hold the next general elections under their government,' he said.
About the budget for the next fiscal, he said the budget did not reflect the hopes and aspirations of the majority people.
The parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry on Wednesday placed the constitution amendment bill in Jatiya Sangsad after scrutiny on Wednesday proposing introduction of an election-time interim government in place of the caretaker government provision.
Source : New Age
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