BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said Monday that he expects all the parties which want democracy would rally round the BNP led opposition alliance.
'Many of the parties which want democracy are joining the opposition movement to restore the people's right to franchise under the leadership of Khaleda Zia, he said he told a discussion.
The discussion on 'implicating people in the August 21 grenade attack case and the 10-truck arms haul case through supplementary charge sheets submitted under government influence and the position of real culprits' was organised by Swadhinata Forum at National Press Club.
Moudud said, 'The War of Independence was fought for the establishment of democracy.'
He said that the politicians who want democracy would join the opposition movement.
Moudud said many partners in the Awami League led ruling coalition would eventually join the opposition.
He also said, 'If Ershad wants democracy, he too would join the opposition movement.'
He said that the struggle now was between the forces for and against democracy.
Those who want democracy would stand by BNP and those who oppose democracy would side with Awami League, he said.
Moudud said the Awami League led government abolished the election time non party caretaker system by amending the Constitution to snatch the people's right to vote.
He said that the Awami League led government was out to snatch the people's right to franchise.
He said that ruling Awami League amended the Constitution with the lone objective of holding on to power for an indefinite period.
That's why, he said, all the democracy loving people need to get united under Khaleda's leadership.
Moudud said that Khaleda Zia was very much justified when she said that if re-elected BNP would throw away the 15th amendment to the Constitution.
'The implication of her remark is we will repeal the 15th amendment.' he said.
He criticised Suranjit Sengupta for stating that Khaleda's remarks calls for capital punishment.
He said that there was no scope for awarding death sentence for throwing away an amendment to the constitution that seeks to keep a particular political party perpetually in power.
On the Awami League led government submitting supplementary charge-sheets on the August 21 grenade attack case and the 10 truck-loads arms haul case, Moudud said that this was done out of political motivation.
He said that the Awami League led government deliberately implicated BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in the two cases out of vengeance and to save the real culprits.
He said that after 17 hearings took place the Awami League led government implicated Tarique Rahman in the August 21 case.
BNP leaders Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Helen Zerin Khan and ABM Moshrraf Hossain also took part in the discussion chaired by Swadhinata Forum president Abu Naser Muhammad Rahmatullah.
Source : New Age
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