BNP standing committee member RA Gani on Sunday warned that the
government would be held responsible for any unwarranted situation in
the country due to its rejection of the opposition’s demand for
arranging the polls under a non-party administration.
‘We hope that the government, realising the sentiment of people, will accept the demand for holding the
next election in a free and fair manner under a non-parry caretaker government,’ he said.
The BNP policymaker came up with the remarks while addressing press a
briefing at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office on the second day of the
18-party’s 72-hour blockade programme.
Gani was the first BNP leader to appear before the media after the
arrest of its joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on November 30.
After Rizvi’s arrest, another party joint secretary general Salauddin
was made party spokesperson but he neither came to BNP’s central office
nor met the media as he was also made accused in the case for torching a
bus at Shahbagh that left three dead and 15 others injured.
Salauddin, however, has been sending statements and video messages from
an undisclosed place since he was made the party spokesman.
Explaining why Salauddin was sending messages from his hideout, Gani
said the government was repeatedly attacking the BNP office and
besieging it and not allowing anybody to enter it. ‘They’re shooting the
leaders and activists and raiding their houses. Under the
circumstances, it’s not possible to announce the party programmes in
public.’
He mentioned that the government after being alienated from people has
resorted to barbaric torture and repression to suppress the opposition.
The senior BNP leader urged the government to stop killing, repression and acts of sabotage. (source)