All of AL to be charged with murder if anything bad happens to Khaleda: BNP

All in the ruling Awami League will be sued for murder if any accident happens BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for lack of advanced treatment abroad, warned BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

The government is plotting to premeditatedly kill our leader Khaleda Zia. They want to kill her," Mirza Fakhrul said while speaking at a human chain programme held in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Wednesday.

When people, irrespective of their party and opinion, want Khaleda to be sent abroad, the current government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are not allowing her to go there for treatment out of serious political 'vengeance', the BNP leader claimed.

"We would like to clearly say if any accident happens to Khaleda Zia for lack of advanced treatment, then each of them (in the govt) will be tried making them accused of a murder case," the BNP leader said.

As part of their countrywide programme, BNP's Dhaka south and north city units arranged the human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club, registering their protest against the 'unilateral' 10th parliament election held on this day in 2014.

Fakhrul said the Awami League government sent Khaleda to jail by convicting her in "false" cases as part of its "blueprint of depoliticisation and eliminating the BNP chief".

He said Khaleda Zia is now fighting for life in a hospital in the capital with a very critical health issue. 

The BNP leader said though doctors are saying it is now essential to send Khaleda abroad right now, the government is not taking any step in this regard. "Instead, they're trying to fool people on the pretext of law. No law is greater than a human life."

Fakhrul urged the government to take proper steps to send Khaleda abroad for treatment immediately recognising her contributions to the country, its development, and democracy shunning political vengeance.