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Rejection to deepen crisis

Fakhrul reacts to PM's comments on demand for caretaker govt

Staff Correspondent
The prime minister's remark that the next parliamentary elections would be held in line with the constitution had deepened the country's ongoing polical crisis, said BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.
He said this in a formal reaction to the PM's speech at a press conference called to unveil the success in decoding the genome of local jute species. PM
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Sheikh Hasina in that speech in the afternoon turned down the opposition's demand for reinstatement of the caretaker government system to oversee the upcoming national polls.
"The prime minister's speech is part of a well-designed plan to push the country towards instability," the spokesperson of the main opposition told the media at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office in the evening.
He once again clarified BNP's position, saying it would not participate in the polls if it is held under a political government
People had expected the PM to give directions as to how the present political crisis would be resolved.
"But she disappointed us all," Fakhrulsaid.
The premier cited that the government had scrapped the caretaker system in the light of a Supreme Court verdict but she concealed the other part of the verdict, which said another two polls could take place under the caretaker system, he added.
"Her speech threw the country into a dark tunnel."
There are still time and opportunity for resolving the grave political crisis through a dialogue between different political parties, Fakhrul said, otherwise the election would not be held in a fair and free manner.
During the briefing, Fakhrul did not entertain any question from journalists.
Meanwhile, BNP
Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a meeting of the 18-party opposition at her Gulshan office last night said the BNP-led alliance would not participate in any election under a partisan government.
Sources, who attended the meeting, told The Daily Star that Khaleda had had the alliance leaders promise not to take part in the upcoming national polls.
As there is a rumour that the Jamaat-e-Islami may participate in the elections under the Awami League-led government, BNP chief asked Abdul Halim, representative of Jamaat at the meeting, to clear theirposition.
Jamaat leader reassured her, saying that the main ally ofthe BNP would not do so.
At the meeting, the opposition alliance decided to organise seven mass rallies in seven divisional headquarters, demanding that the caretaker system be restored. Five rallies will be held before Eid-ul-Azha and two after the festival, said meetingsources.
Senior leaders of the alliance earlier said they would go for a tougher movement after the Eid-ul-Fitr but now, when it is over, they are not declaring any tough protest programme. They want to take time up to mid September, said the sources.
The BNP chief also told the parties to carry out mass campaigns for caretaker government across the country up to Eid-ul-Azha, they said.