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BNP men urged to make any sacrifice to free Khaleda, sons

Staff Correspondent
BNP leaders loyal to detained Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged party leaders and workers to get ready to make any sacrifice to free Khaleda and her two sons.
They said people want the government to hand over power soon by holding the parliamentary election as per die roadmap.
No election will be held in the country under the state of emergency, they said while addressing a discussion meeting of the party at the Engineers' Institution
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auditorium to mark the Independence Day.
"People do not want your rule. So, please leave the power, otherwise I do not know what would be the consequences," Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah, an adviser to the BNP chairperson, said pointing at the government
He said they will, re consider participating in any election under the present Election Commission. "The chief election commissioner will have to resign if necessary," he added.
Demanding release of Khaleda and her two sons, BNP Standing Committee member RA Gani urged party leaders to be united to face any sort ofcrises.
"The people will not allow anybody to betray the country at this bad time," said Gani, who presided over the meeting.
Gayeswar Chandra Ray accused the authorities concerned for torturing party leaders before any trial.
He said no election will be held under the state of emergency as Bangladesh emerged as an independent country to practise democracy.
Pointing at detained Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, he said. "We will also free you although a few of your party leaders do not want your release."
Criticising foreign diplomats, he said, "1/11 took place as an outcome of the conspiracy by a few foreign diplomats, not following conflicts among the political parties."
Among others, party leaders Selima Rahman, MA Mannan,_ Mohammad Shahjahan. Habib Un Nabi Sohei, Shirin Sultana and Shafiul Bari Babu, and Jatiya Press Club President Shawkat Mahmud addressed the meeting.
Earlier in the morning, both the factions of BNP placed floral wreaths and offered Fateha at the grave oflate president Ziaur Rahman. They also visited the National Memorial at Savar separately.
RA Gani and Hannan Shah led the pro-Khaleda faction while Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin and ZA Khan led the pro- Saifur faction of the party’.