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BNP out to go to power 'using army'

Hasina alleges, doubts the party's belief in democracy

Agencies
BNP is trying to go to power riding on the shoulder of the army, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged yesterday.
“It's their old fashion. They always tried to get to power using the army," she said addressing a view-exchange meeting with the Awami
League leaders from Laxmipur district at the Gono Bhaban.
Hasina said the history of BNP shows that they never believed in democratic means for transfer of power, UNB reports.
Blaming BNP for undermining the country's democratic system, she claimed that democracy was in trouble whenever the party was in power.
People now enjoy full freedom in exercising their voting rights, but if BNP comes to power again, they will have difficulty casting their votes freely, BSS said quoting the prime minister.
UNB adds: Hasina said that all parties at a meeting in 1986 had decided to participate in the election. But later at a rally, BNP chief Khaleda Zia had asked the army to come out of the cantonment and take part in a mass revolt.
“Soon after that, she [Khaleda] remained untraced for three days. She thought that the army would come out of cantonment and put her in the citadel of power. But that did not happen,” she added.
When queried, Khaleda said she was arrested and confined for three days, said the prime minister.
Hasina mentioned that the opposition leader did the same during the BDR mutiny in 2009. “She went out from her house two hours before the BDR incident began in a black glass car defying all protocols provided to her as the leader of the opposition... it remains a mystery where she had been for the next three days.”
She said all parties except the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami came forward to cool down the situation. “But instead of facing up the crisis, they went underground.”
Referring to the recent abortive attempt to topple
the government, the prime minister said a group of service and retired army officials tried to oust the democratic government on December 30,2011.
“You all know that the opposition leader gave us ultimatum till June last year. The ultimatum was later extended to December,” she said adding the reason 'behind the scene' to extend the ultimatum was unfolded after foiling the coup.
Hasina mentioned that Awami League always stood for establishing democracy in the country whereas intension of BNP is to create unwanted situation by the army where it could gain.
Hasina also said after she had formed the government, BNP threatened it would not allow government to stay in peace. “Now we all know what was in their mind.”
In this connection, she said the elections held during the last three years were all free, fair and peaceful. “Electronic voting machine (EVM) has ensured fair polling and proved smooth and easy giving the results within a short time."
BNP never transferred power peacefully, the prime minister said, adding that they wanted to remain in power by rigging the election, using muscle and money power and with fake voter list
Party presidium members Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, and Joint General Secretary Mahbub UI Alam Hanif were also present.