Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
said there was no option left except for waging a movement if the government did not take initiative to hold talks over the non-partisan interim government at an iftar party in a city hotel yesterday.
"There is no representative government in the country, and a country cannot run like this. Even the government has no interest in holding talks to resolve the crisis. We want to say clearly: if the government does not take the initiative to resolve the crisis, we do not have any other option except launching a movement," she said.
Khaleda said the government was not paying any heed to their demand, adding: "People's fundamental rights have been violated in every step. They have no security, and killing and abduction has become regular phenomena."
Criticising the incumbent parliament, Khaleda said: "No public issue is discussed in the parliament; rather, singing and reciting poems take place there. It has turned into the members' gossip place."