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Post-Eid Agitation

BNP now mulls go-slow policy

Rakib Hasnet Suman
Despite making repeated threats to go for a tougher agitation after the Eid-ul-Fitr, the main opposition BNP now plans to build up the movement gradually to restore the caretaker government system in the constitution.
The high command believes this strategy would help them create an anti-government sentiment among the people ahead of the next general elections.
They think it would be too early to go for an oust-government movement after the Eid as the tenure of the present government will expire in January 2014.
Party insiders said a meeting of the secretary generals of the BNP-led 18-party alliance will be held soon to discuss the agitation programme, which would be finalised by the national standing committee of BNP.
Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit a few districts to address public rallies before announcing the next course of the agitation programme.
Asked about its movement strategy, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they would not go for an oust-government movement immediately.
“We are in a movement now to restore the caretaker government system to ensure the next general polls is held in a free and fair manner,” he noted.
Party's standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Mia said, “We cannot forge a movement overnight; we will go step by step.”
The party is also planning to hold its national council, he added.
Talking to The Daily
Star, some senior leaders admitted the party was still struggling to reorganise itself. The chairperson has been working to reorganise the party's important front and associated bodies.
It would be tough for BNP to continue the movement for a long time if the party high command declares an oust-government movement, they observed.
The 13th amendment to the constitution had made the provision to hold the national elections under a caretaker government. But the parliament last year scrapped it by adopting the 15th amendment.
Since then the main opposition BNP and its allies have been demanding restoration of the system.