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BNP meets today to decide its stand on issues in JS

By Nazmul Ashraf
The BNP parliamentary party will meet today, the second in four days, to decide the party's strategy on different issues in the Jatiya Sangsad.
"This meeting has been called mainly to decide the party position on the President's address to the House, select the issues the party intends to raise in the House, monitor implementation of the recent accord with the ruling party and review the latest political situation," BNP leader and Chief Whip of the Opposition in the JS Khandakar Delwar Hossain told The Daily Star last night.
The BNP returned to the House following signing of a four-point accord with ruling Awaml League. BNPPP's earlier meeting on Tuesday endorsed —an^ discussed olherisM ICS
The meeting will discuss strategies in dealing with all the issues already placed in the House as well as those likely to come up. he said.
We will mount pressure on
the Treasury bench members in the next meeting of the Business Advisory Committee to allow us to speak on issues including the Ganges water sharing treaty, proposed sub-regional grouping. persecution of the opposition political activists, filing of conspiratorial cases against Begum Zia and other party leaders, deteriorating law and order and stagnancy in the economy." he said.
Replying to a question, the
Opposition Chief Whip said his party will attend the meetings of various JS committees and the UNDP Task Force on strengthening the parliament as soon as BNP's proper representation in those bodies is guaranteed by the ruling party as per the agreement.
Asked if his party will reconsider its plan to launch street agitations after the Eid-ul-Azha if its agreement with the ruling party is implemented. he said. "Implementation of the agreement will enable us to raise various issues in the House ... But we will have to go to the people to realise our demands if those are not settled on the floor."
"Die final decision on the issue depends on many things, mainly thp government's be-,honour and attitude
BNP chairperson and-Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Begum Khaleda Zia at a public meeting on January 7 threatened to launch vigorous anti-govern me nt agitations 15 days after the Eid-ul-Azha if her party's 10-point demand were not met by that time.
Later on another occasion, she said her party would go ahead with the plan for agitation to resist the government s "conspiracy to Jeopardise ’.he national sovereignty" through formation of a sub-regional group of four SAARC countries and giving transit to India even the JS-related demands were met.
Asked if his party would contest the coming by-poll In Thakurgaon. the BNP leader said. "We still believe that no fair poll can be held under the present Chief Election Commissioner .... As of today, our party position has not changed."
According to party insiders. Begum Zia is likely to undertake visits to different parts of the countiy after the Eid to mobilise public opinion against alleged repression on her party workers and government's antipeople activities, side by side raising those Issues In the parliament.