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AL, BNP for freeing chiefs for fair polls

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a BBC discussion yesterday observed that the next election would not be free, fair and acceptable if held with Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia still in prison.
"In the interests of a credible election both the leaders will have to be allowed to take part in the polls," Forest and Environment Affairs Secretary of AL Hasan Mahmud told the dialogue at the city's Bangladesh-Chi na Friendship Conference Centre.
Jointly organised by BBC Bangla Service and World Service Trust, the programme was moderated by Kamal Ahmedof BBC Bangla.
Echoing Hasan s view, acting office secretary of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said, "An election excluding the leaders of the country's two main political parties will not be acceptable at home and abroad."
General Secretary of Dhaka University Teachers Association (Duta) Prof Anwar Hossain, who was released from jail last week, said the people would not like an election with the two ladies kept behind bars.
Advising the government to have a finger on the pulse of the people, he said the caretaker administration has been losing its credibility with every passing day for keeping the two former prime ministers detained. He demanded that Hasina and Khaleda be released immediately.
Journalist-columnist Sadeq Khan said attempts to hold an election without Hasina and Khaleda would incense the public.
The discussion panellists observed that the Dhaka University (DU) crisis centring the detention of teachers and snidents did not have a satisfactory end. Ihey suggested that the government' Ulthdraiv charges against all teachers and students.
Responding to a query, Hasan said "false and fabricated charges' have been brought against the AL chief to tarnish the image of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's family.
Rizvi too described the arrest and deten non of the two leaders as illegal. irrational and unacceptable. He said the two have been arrested in attempts to pigeonhole the politicians as dishonest and bad people.
The panellists said the government's imposing restriction on live telecast of talk show’s is tantamount to curbingfreedom of the media.
Sadeq said the chief adviser should explain to the nation the reason for slapping curbs on live talk show’s.
Both the BNP and AL leaders said there is a lack of coordination between "the caretaker government head and those governing the country".
Prof Anwar and Hasan Mahmud said they think the government should start the trial of war criminals so that the next elected government could pursue it to the end.
But Sadeq and Rizvi said it is the duw of an elected government to try the war criminals as the interim administration's job is to ensure a tee and fair election.