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| Bangladesh |
| BNP leaders insulted |
| 2014-01-19 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] BNP leaders were subjected to cheap jibes from party activists as they took part in a discussion after about two months yesterday. The discussion was organised on the occasion of the 78th birth anniversary of BNP founder late president Ziaur Rahman. BNP activists present at the programme hurled abusive words at their leaders as they went into hiding leaving them on the streets during the countrywide hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... and blockades. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the discussion continued amid taunt and tease from the activists. Addressing the discussion BNP standing committee member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain alleged that democracy had been subverted at the hand of the Awami League trying to establish a one-party rule in the country. Terming the January 5 poll "farcical", BNP standing committee member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain said the Awami League formed the parliament through the voterless election. He also claimed that their movement to thwart the lopsided poll was successful as 95% people of the country did not go to polling centres. "The Awami League has formed the government through the voterless polls and there is not any existence of the opposition party," Mosharraf said. Addressing the discussion at the National Press Club in the capital marking the 78th birth anniversary of BNP founder late president Ziaur Rahman, Mosharraf called upon its leaders and activists to resort to movement to free the country from the clutches of Awami League's Baksal and to return to democracy. After around two months, the BNP held the programme in the capital. "None of them elected and sworn in as parliamentarians could say how many votes they got," added Mosharraf. He claimed that 95% people did not cast their ballot responding to the BNP's call for boycott of the election. "The Awami League took the Office by force as people rejected them. This election was not acceptable nationally and internationally. BNP's movement was fully successful." |
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