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Khaleda's Release

BNP to submit memorandum to chief adviser

Staff Correspondent
BNP leaders of pro- Khaleda faction have decided to submit a memorandum to the chief adviser demanding unconditional release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as well as other political detainees by March 25.
They will also sit with the leaders of other political parties for having dialogue if the interim administration finalises the decision of holding the local government polls before the national election
BNP chairperson’s adviser Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah disclosed it to reporters after holding a meet-ing with acting BNP Office Secretary Rizvi Ahmed at the former's residence in the city's Mohakhali yesterday evening
Hannan said there is no scope for any confusion among the BNP leaders and workers about the unity process in the party.
“We shall submit a memorandum to the chief adviser to get the detained political leaders release before 25th March,” Hannan Shah told The Daily Star last night.
However Rizvi Ahmed, who is close to Khaleda-backed BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, said, "Following the directives of the secretary general, I met Hannan Shah only to discuss the party programmes for observing the Independence Day... nothing else."
Party leaders said getting instruction from the party secretary general, Rizvi called on Hannan to remove misunderstandings among the leaders and workers of the party's pro-Khaleda faction.
Rizvi Ahmed recently said the party secretary general is unaware of the initiatives taken by Hannan Shah to reunite the party.
But Hannan Shah, who recently sent a letter to Saifur Rahman for cancelling the standing committee meeting held on October 29 last year, said he had talks with the secretary general about the unity process and Rizvi Ahmed is not aware of it.
Meanwhile, Speaker Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar yesterday talked to Khandaker Delwar, who is receiving treatment in USA now, said Ena, a New York based news agency.
The Speaker also discussed the country’s current political situation with the BNP secretary general.
Jamiruddin Sircar, one of senior leaders of BNP recently expressed his interest in taking initiatives to reunite the party. But none of the two factions of the party responded to it
BNP central office employees yesterday did not receive greeting cards sent to Khandaker Delwar Hossain from Bangabhaban on the occasion of Eid-e-Miladunnabi and Independence Day.
Sources said, pro-Khaleda faction leaders asked the office employees not to receive those as Khandaker Delwar was addressed as BNP acting secretary general on the envelope.