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Khaleda to pick deputy leader at her convenience

Staff Correspondent
BNP Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition in parliament Khaleda Zia will nominate deputy leader of the opposition at a convenient time, party Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain said yesterday.
“Our paimnentary party has authorised the chairperson, and she will nominate someone as deputy leader at a suitable time," he said.
Delwar was speaking at a press briefing at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office in the city.
Prior to the inaugural session of parliament on January 25, the BNP parliamentary party picked Joynal Abedin Faruk as chief whip of the opposition but did not name its deputy leader.
Delwar once again criticised President lajuddin Ahmed for not mentioning the name of late president Ziaur Rahman in his speech at the inaugural session of the House.
"He (lajuddin) failed to do his duty properly and breached his oath (as president) by imposing illegal and unconstitutional rule on the nation on January 11, 2007. And that is why we asked for his impeachment." the BNP secretary general said.
Asked whether they will place any formal proposal for the presidential impeachment, he said. "We are not majority in the parliament, So, why we have to place die proposal. They (ruling Awami I eague) can start the process."
Blaming the prime minister for breaking the promise on appointment of deputy speaker from the opposition, die-BNP leader said it was nothing but a pledge to misguide the nation.
“We did not want the post of deputy speaker from them (ruling party! but they promised to die nation that they will pick an opposition lawmaker for the post, and we thought it will create a positive trend.” he said. There is no need to amend the constitution for creating another such post, he added.
Delwar criticised the AL for violent activities after the recent elections, and said 21 BNP men have been killed in post-polls violence. Allegations of vote rigging proved true after the upazila election with the recover)’ of stamped ballot papers, he said.
“The Election Commission itself suspended poll results in 13 upazilas, and polling has been postponed in 166 centres," he said. And polling agents of BNP-backed candidates were forced to leave about 11 thousandcentres, he alleged.
BNP Joint Secretary General Nazrul Islam Khan and Office Secretary Rizvi Ahmed, among others, were present at the briefing.