Conspirators active abroad: Mirza Abbas

The BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas reiterating that there are conspirators within the party alleged that they are also active outside the country.

He had brought up issued in a discussion last week and reaffirmed it at another meeting at the National Press Clubon Thursday.

"One-eleven was staged to destroy the family and party of Ziaur Rahman, the symbol of nationalism. Those who were behind the plot are still active. They are active within and outside the party and are operating from within and outside the country."

The BNP leader who was incarcerated after a state of emergency was declared after Jan 11, 2007, appealed to the members of the main opposition to unite against these conspirators.

In 2007, prominent BNP leaders had called for reform in the party while Mirza Abbas and others were imprisoned following the declaration of a state of Emergency.

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He had expelled some party leaders, including the then Secretary General, after Chairperson Khaleda Zia was arrested.

But the expelled leaders continued to function under the party banner, a move Khaleda Zia has described as a ‘conspiracy’ to break the party. That division had, however, seemingly disappeared before the election.

Participating at a discussion organised by BNP leaning Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) to commemorate BNP chief Khaleda Zia's release from prison, he said "I have heard that the government will bring new laws to check the activities of the opposition. This will all be in vain. Their plan to lock us in a bird cage will be strongly resisted."