The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said their repeated allegations against the ruling party's conspiracy to foil its December 8 national council have proved right by the recent incidents of setting fire to its offices in different areas by the ruling party activists.

"The ruling party is till trying to foil our council, we apprehend that. BNP will hold it in time, not matter what they're trying to thwart the council," he warned.

The BNP secretary general said this when reporters sought his comments at the party central office in the afternoon about the latest political development, particularly Awami League presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury's recent remarks.

Reacting to Sajeda's comments, Delwar said the statements made by Sajeda Chowdhury were untrue. "It doesn't look nice when a senior responsible leader like her talks like that."

On Sunday, Sajeda reportedly said BNP was born amid anarchy and indiscipline and criticized BNP "for carrying out propaganda against the government and issuing threat to topple it within three months, resulting in the BDR headquarters carnage." Sajeda also alleged that BNP had hatched conspiracy to kill Sheikh Hasina and "that's conspiracy is still on".

Refuting the allegations, Delwar said people will judge the authenticity of her statements.

About ruling party leaders' comments over boycotting parliament by BNP, he said they want to go to parliament but the way they have undermined the dignity of parliament by hurling abuses and assassinating the characters of BNP leaders, including leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia, now they have to think whether BNP could go to parliament.

On the recent election to Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), he said the panels of the ruling party were made elected unilaterally through rigging, forgery and partiality. "As a matter of fact, Awami League is used to resorting to such vote fraud."

Referring to various repressive measures and attempts against BNP by the government, he said they have not left any stone unturned to destroy BNP.

Delwar mentioned that detained former State Minister for Home Lutfozzman Babar was taken on remand repeatedly since the military-backed caretaker government had taken power to take forceful confessional statements to implicate BNP senior joint secretary general Tarique Rahman in various cases, but the attempt has not succeeded yet.