The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Acting Awami League president Zillur Rahman on Tuesday termed as midnight coup the BNP's standing committee meeting Monday night.

The meeting at Gulshan residence of former finance minister Saifur Rahman in a dramatic move made him acting chairperson and replaced Khandkar Delwar Hossain with Maj (rtd) Hafizuddin Ahmed as acting secretary general.

"No possibility, no pressure of such coup in Awami League as leaders of the party are solidly united under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina," Zillur said reacting to the changes in BNP.

He was talking with reporters while leaders of Krishak League met with him at his Gulshan residence. The Awami League leader demanded ban on political parties that are accused of war crime, militancy, fundamentalism and engaged in religion-based politics."Jamaat was engaged in religion based politics and its leaders are war criminals as it had opposed the liberation of Bangladesh," he added.