Conspiracy on to overthrow grand-alliance: Ashraful

UNB, Kishoreganj

Awami League general secretary and LGRD minister Syed Ashraful Islam Saturday said anti-liberation elements and leaders of the past 4-party-alliance government are still conspiring to unseat the present government of the grand alliance.
To underpin his allegation he mentioned the February 25-26 bloody mutiny at the BDR headquarters that he said was staged to trigger a civil war and undo the people's electoral mandate.
"BDR massacre was staged within a few days of the formation of the government to overthrow the people's elected government through conspiracy," he said. "This massacre was not an isolated incident-it was aimed at creating a civil war to subvert people's mandate and unseat the elected government."
Ashraful, who came to his hometown Saturday on a 2-day visit, first after the last parliamentary elections that swept his party into power, made the remarks at a party meeting at Hossainpur Upazila auditorium.
The newly elected AL general secretary said immediately after Sheikh Hasina formed the government, they got down to serving the country while, at the same time, the anti-liberation force and leaders of the past coalition government who "looted national resources" engaged in an evil attempt to overthrow the government. "This conspiracy is still on," he claimed.

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Withdrawal of army from CHT

Acting on neighbouring country’s instance will be suicidal: Delwar

Staff Correspondent

BNP secretary general Khandoker Delwar Hossain has said that it will be suicidal for the country if the government withdraws army camps from Chittagong Hill Tracks (CHT) at the instances of neighbouring country.
He was speaking at a meeting organised by Juba Dal, a front organisation of BNP in front of its central party office in the capital on Saturday. The meeting was organised to protest against breaking of mural of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman from in front of the National Stadium and to demand the withdrawal of cases lodged against BNP's leaders and arrest warrant against Gayswar Chandra Roy, joint secretary general of the party.
"In the past, after getting terrorist training from India, a group of people launched attacks in country's different hill districts for creating anarchic situation. During our regime, for ensuring peace in the hill areas, army personnel were deployed in and around the areas through setting up several army camps. If the government withdraws the camps from the areas at the instances of India it will be a suicidal decision for this nation," Delwar said.
He said a puppet government was set up in the state power in the country through a stage-managed election in order to oust the nationalist force from the country. The government is withdrawing several controversial cases but filling motivated cases against the BNP leaders and activists instead of withdrawing these.
About the Tipaimukh Dam, he said data and information about the dam will have to be disclosed before the nation. If the government gives any decision over the dam without giving data and information to the nation, the countrymen in association of the BNP leaders and activists will form resistance against the construction work of the dam.
Demanding withdrawal of the motivated cases and arrest warrant, he said, "the government can harass us through filling cases but the countrymen have realized their motive. We are urging that the government should withdraw these cases and arrest warrant. Otherwise, the people will compel the government to give up thy way of harassment," he added.

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