Govt hurriedly sentencing BNP activists by ‘partisan’ judges: Rizvi

Desk News :: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday alleged that the government had been hurriedly sentencing the opposition leaders and activists by the ‘partisan’ judges to eliminate BNP.

Speaking at a sudden rally in the city’s Bangla Motor area, he warned that the government would not be able to hang onto power by jailing and sentencing the BNP leaders and workers.

‘The government has set up a kangaroo court to wipe out the BNP leadership. The trial in fictitious cases is going on there day and night. The police are filing the fictitious cases and they are also giving depositions,’ the BNP leader said.

He said that some ‘partisan’ judges were swiftly delivering judgments one after another against BNP and opposition party leaders in the name of farcical trial, ignoring the law. ‘We want to say that this illegal and fascist regime can’t be able to sustain by these dictated verdicts and sentences.’

Rizvi said that the opposition parties had been eliminated from the election field by arresting their leaders and activists in different ‘false’ cases. ‘They (ruling party) are only in the field. Once the nomination papers of dummy and independent candidates were cancelled by the Returning Officers, again on appeal all the revoked nomination papers were shown to be valid.’

He alleged that the government and the Election Commission were staging a game in the name of the election by fielding many independent and dummy candidates.

‘There will be no benefit from doing these things as the people have caught all the blueprints of the government. People have woken up and taken to the streets. The people of the country will resist the government’s election of (seat) sharing,’ the BNP leader said.

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Rizvi along with around 20-25 leaders and activists of Juba Dal and Chhatra Dal brought out a sudden procession in Banglamotor area at about 7:00am in support of the opposition’s 36-hour blockade.

They raised various slogans in favour of the blockade and against the January 7 general election schedule.

After the procession, they held a brief rally before going into hiding.

The leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies also brought out sudden processions in indifferent areas of the capital, including Dhanmondi, Tejgaon, Mirpur, Jatrabari, Karwan Bazar, Banani, Jhigatola, Dainik Bangla, Fakirapool, Khilgaon, Arambagh, Moghbazar, Segunbacgicha, Central Road and Rampura.

BNP and like-minded opposition parties enforced the 36-hour road-rail-waterways blockade across the country at 6am today (Tuesday) to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission.

This was the 11th blockade called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties since October 31.