The BNP-led opposition alliance will take of black-flag processions
across the country today in protest against Sunday’s cabinet meeting
attended by the ministers who had already ‘resigned’.
‘Holding cabinet meetings of ministers who had resigned is a clear
violation of the constitution’, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir
Rizvi told a news conference at the party’s central office at Naya
Paltan.
He said the opposition alliance will take out the processions in the
capital as well as divisional cities and district towns across the
country in protest against the government’s unconstitutional act.
Rizvi, however, did not spell out the time or the venue from where the procession would out in the capital.
The cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister was held on Sunday, a day before the normal schedule in the Secretariat.
On November 11, all the ministers handed in their resignation letters to
prime minister Sheik Hsaina to pave the way for a small poll-time
cabinet.
The ministers continued their functions from the next day prompting a
huge outcry against what the protesters called unconstitutionality.
Rizvi also protested against the police cordon put in place around the
BNP central office by the government for several days back.
He said that confined by the police he was unable to come out of the BNP office.
The police on duty, both in uniforms and plainclothes, obstruct BNP
leaders, activists and journalists from entering the party office, he
said.
Rizvi asked the government to withdraw the police cordon around the party office. (source)