BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will finalise her party’s response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal for an all-party interim government after a meeting with senior party leaders on Saturday evening.
Published : 19 Oct 2013, 10:39 AM
The BNP Standing Committee meeting was scheduled to discuss the party’s plans for an agitation against the government’s move to conduct parliament polls without a restoration of the caretaker system.
But the festive season and now the Prime Minister’s offer for an all-party interim government, instead of a neutral caretaker, has led to a change of agenda.
The ball is now in Khaleda’s court and after discussions with BNP leaders on how to respond to the PM’s proposal, she will meet leaders of the 18-party Opposition alliance on Sunday.
All these to finalise a response to the Prime minister’s proposal.
Earlier on Oct 15, after announcing of the Standing Committee meeting, BNP’s Joint General Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi had said that the meeting would finalise the plans for an anti-government movement ahead of the party’s Oct 25 rally in Dhaka.
Senior BNP leaders have also threatened ‘armed resistance’ if the government obstructed the rally.
Sheikh Hasina in her speech also urged the opposition to refrain from violence that endanger the citizen.
The Constitution provides for holding the parliament election in 90 days to the expiry of the tenure of a government.