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Khaleda warns of agitations

BNP to reject 'secret deal' on CRT

By Staff Correspondent
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has warned that her party would make the government inoperative through vigorous agitations if army camps were withdrawn from the CHT.
Y *lf troops' Me withdrawn from the CHT. Bangladesh will lose its sovereignty over the area." she said referring to press reports on a government plan to sign an accord for resolving the CHT problem next month, providing for withdrawal of army from there.
Addressing a function of the Zia Sangskritik Sangathan (ZISAS). a pro-BNP cultural organisation. at the BCIC auditorium In the city yesterday evening, Begum Zia also alleged that the government was moving towards a secret accord on the CHT issues Jeopardising the national Independence.
"Like all other national issues. this government is dealing
with the CHT issue bypassing parliament and keeping the people in dark...We were not allowed to know anything about the outcome of the on-going negotiation.” she said adding, her party would not accept any so-TDtton beyond constRuttonaty provisions and against national interests.
The former prime minister strongly demanded that all the army camps remain in the CHT to retain control over the "insurgency-prone area."
The Leader of the Opposition in Jatlya Sangsad also accused the government of conspiring against the country's integrity as regards CHT and Sylhet and called for building a united movement against the "evil design".
The Opposition leader criticised the government for banning public rallies on the city streets on the plea of easing traffic jam.
"We admit street rallies cause traffic jam but we also see traffic Jam even when there is no public rally. In fact, inflow of a large number of unemployed rural people into the capital and increased number of rickshaws with fake licences or Awami League-issued "identity boards' are largely contributing to the problem.” she viewed.
The 15-month-old government has presented a ".stagnant" economy by pursuing "wrong" policies, she alleged. "Economic problem is the root of all problems including the traffic congestion."
The government has stopped street rallies as all its "failures and misdeeds" are being made public through such programmes, she observed.
"The move is designed to suppress the Opposition and reestablish one-party BKSAL rule In the country." she remarked.
Begum Zia went on saying,
“Not only political activities, this government Is also creating obstruction to cultural and religious activities."
She also alleged the government was indulging In "alien culture" to destroy the local one. "The foreign artists are grabbing the national domain of art and culture." she said, adding the television was being used for "cultural aggression."
The BNP chief also came down heavily on the government for removing the floating bridge leading to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman's mazar in the city and termed the act as a "heinous" one.
In this regard, the widow of Shaheed Zia said when she became prime minister in 1991. her government did nothing to establish her husband politically.
“He (Zia) himself got his place among the people by his welfare activities for all classes of people. During our rule, we did not go for hanging his portraits or naming anything after
him. as is being done by the present government." she said.
About the ruling AL's criticism of hartals, the Opposition leader said the ruling party has. of late, realised the negative Impact of hartals after observing hartals for 173 days. "It Is designed to divert public attention from their failures."
Later, Begum Zia distributed Zisas crests among noted personalities in cultural and other fields for the years 1995 and 1996.
Chaired by the Zisas president and film actor Ahmed Sharif, the function was also addressed by BNP leaders M K Anwar, MP. Abdul Mannan. MP. Khurshld Jahan Haq. MP. A N M Ehsanul Haq Milon. MP. Gazi Mohammad Shahjahan. MP. BSP president Prof Ma-Jedul Islam and Zisas leaders Abul Hashem Rana. Ahsan Habib Kamal and Ahmed Kaiser.
Film actress Sohana conducted the function followed by a cultural function.