Claiming that the country’s people are eagerly waiting for a regime change, opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Saturday said the government must restore the non-party caretaker government system to hold the next national election in a credible manner.
“Once Awmi League had been in a movement for introducing the caretaker government claiming that a fair and credible election is not possible under a partisan government. Singing the same music, we’re now telling an impartial election is not possible under a party government,” she told reporters after exchanging Eid greetings with a cross-section of people at the city’s Ladies’ Club.
Kaleda Zia exchanged Eid greetings with political leaders, diplomats, city elite, teachers and people from the all walks of life from 11:45am to 1:35pm.
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, is being celebrated in the country today (Saturday).
Khaleda accused the government of having failed to run the country on all fronts and said the government even could not ensure people’s basic rights, including food and clothes.
“The government should understand that people don’t want to see them in power any more. They’ve got fed-up with the government’s performance and have lost their confidence in it. So, the government should quit on moral grounds. People are now looking forward to the 18-party alliance to save them from this messy condition,” the former premier said.
She also castigated the government for tainting the country’s image both at home and abroad by indulging in widespread corruption, saying the country is now known to foreigners as a corrupt one.
“Even foreigners also have no confidence in the present government,” Khaleda told her audience, adding, “Test your popularity joining the polls under a non-party caretaker government, if you (Govt) think you’ve any popularity.”
Mentioning that the people of the country are going through a tough time, the BNP chief said cattle traders could not sell their sacrificial animals as people are now in hardship. “Countrymen also couldn’t enjoy the Eid because of their waning purchasing power. “It’s now proved the country’s economic condition is not in good shape.”
Depicting a gloomy picture of the country, the BNP chairperson said people are not safe under this regime as the law and order situation in the country has been on the downslide. “A chaotic situation has been prevailing in the country with people are getting killed and disappeared every day. So, this government has lost its legitimacy to stay in office.”
Party central leaders, including its standing committee members were, among others, present on the occasion.
Later, the BNP chairperson along with the party leaders and activists placed wreaths and offered fateha at the grave of party founder and late president Ziaur Rahman.
Meanwhile, the BNP chief is set to fly to New Delhi on Sunday on a weeklong official visit at the invitation of the Indian government.
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