Khaleda points finger at BCL, Juba League

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has blamed the ruling Awami League’s affiliate organisations – Bangladesh Chhatra League and Awami Juba League – for the recent incidents of abduction and murder in Bangladesh.

“Juba League and Chhatra League are connected with militants. They have ties with the militants and terrorists,” she said.

At a discussion in Dhaka on Wednesday, she said, “Juba League and Chhatra League are involved in abduction and murder. Everyone is troubled by them.”

Eight people were abducted only from Narayanganj in the last two weeks which led to widespread criticisms.

Six dead bodies including that of Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam’s were found on the Shitalakhya River on Wednesday afternoon while the discussion was going on at the Institute of Diploma Engineers in the capital.

Nazrul Islam was a supporter of the ruling party.

The BNP has been alleging that the Awami League is carrying out abductions and murders as a part of the bid to quell the opposition.

Two days ago, the party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed that at least 310 leaders and activists were either abducted or killed in the past one year.

Khaleda on Wednesday said the murders and abductions would not stop until a government was formed through a free and fair election under a non-party administration.

She once again urged the government to sit for a dialogue to find a way to hold fair polls. “The door is still open. Let us sit and discuss.”

She criticised the Election Commission and asked the commissioners to resign.

“The commission has failed to carry out its duties successfully. They should resign immediately,” she said.

Khaleda, who is charged in two corruption cases, called the Anti-Corruption Commission a ‘blind’ institution.

“They are blind. They only see the opposition. It’s Awami League that’s doing the corruption,” she said.

The BNP chief alleged that the government was controlling the courts through coercion.