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PM's speech encourages militancy, says 14-party

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Leaders of the 14-party opposition combine yesterday said Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has encouraged militancy by threatening to file sedition cases against the opposition leaders rather than the Islamist militants.
Reacting to the PM's speech at Paltan Maidan yesterday, the opposition leaders said Khaleda tried to protect and hide the militants who have waged a war against the country's rule of law as extremist elements are very much in her government.
On the reforms in the caretaker government system and the Election Commission (EC), they
said they will compel the government to meet the demands through movement.
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and coordinator of the opposition alliance Abdul Jalil said the PM's blistering attacks on the opposition will not stop the ongoing struggle of the people.
“The BNP-Jamaat alliance has reached the edge of toppling and the prime minister's speech is nothing but a last-minute bid to inject enthusiasm into her party cadres,” Jalil said.
He said sedition case should be filed against thosein her government
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who have been patronising militants and creating anarchy.
Eminent lawyer and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain said, “This is not the opposition, rather some people in the ruling BNP and its partner, who are accused of patronising militants and this allegation has been made by the BNP men themselves.”
Dr Kamal told The Daily Star, “The prime minister's first job is to investigate the allegations against those in her government. If the allegations are found true, she should go for action against them.”
On the PM's refusal of the opposition demands regarding reforms in the caretaker government and the EC, Kamal referred to a previous statement of LGRD and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan urging the opposition to sit in a dialogue inside or outside the parliament on the issue.
“If the prime minister outright rejects the opposition demand, I think she should arrange a dialogue with the LGRD and cooperative minister urgently to fix a common statement,” he said.
“We are not afraid of threats of sedition case as all autocratic rulers during the Pakistan regime--from the 1952 Language Movement to the 1969 Mass Upsurge--labelled people's struggle as sedition acts,” AL Presidium Member Tofail Ahmed told The Daily Star.
“Rather, Khaleda Zia is afraid of the people's unity...people do not want to see the BNP-Jamaat-led coalition in power anymore,” Tofail said.
Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon said, “We faced enough sedition cases during the Pakistan regime...I took part in the Liberation War with a punishment of seven years' imprisonment in a sedition case filed during the Ayub Khan regime.
“Those who had filed sedition charges to stop struggle of the people had to flee themselves,” he said. The government has not filed any sedition case against the arrested militants “as the militants are created and directed by [Khaleda Zia's] government,” he added.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Huq Inu said the PM's remarks and threat to implicate the opposition in sedition charges prove that she herself is behind the rise and protection of militancy in the country.