The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

BNP Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain yesterday said the caretaker government was still adamant in implementing "the Minus two formula" and added that the government was trying to send BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia abroad.

Khondoker Delwar was speaking on the occasion of token hunger strike organised by Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal, BNP weavers' wing, at Manik Mia Avenue in the city.

The hunger strike was staged to press home its six-point demands including unconditional release of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.

The BNP Secretary General said the Government was going to hold the local government election ignoring the demands of the people and political parties.The government is holding the local government polls ahead of the general election only to mislead the people, he maintained.

He warned that the government will have to bear the full responsibility if any awkward situation is created for holding the local government polls first.

Delwar said, "We urged the government repeatedly to withdraw the state of emergency, but the govt did not pay any heed. It is going ahead deviating from the main task."

Former MPs Kalimuddin and Ahmed Milon also spoke on the occasion. President of the front freedom fighter Humayan Islam Khan and its general secretary Abul Kalam Azad, among others, were present.