BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Thursday warned that they will come up with a counter-resistance if their party’s `peaceful movement` is obstructed, reports UNB.
“You (BNP followers) can`t run away from the field without removing the government. I hope you have that commitment,” he said.
Speaking at a discussion meeting, the BNP leader questioned whether it will be crime to give a reply to the attacks on the opposition leaders and activists when Awami League President Sheikh Hasina can talk about breaking the hands and legs of her opponents and killing them.
"Should we be subjected to beating and attacks for ages... we have the right to live and we must all be ready to fight back for protecting our right to live,” he said.
BNP arranged the programme at Mohanagar Natya Mancha auditorium, marking its 45th founding anniversary.
A documentary on the party’s history and activities was screened at the beginning of the programme.
On September 1, 1978, late president Ziaur Rahman founded the party with a 19-point programme to build a self-reliant Bangladesh.
BNP and its associate bodies have taken up various programmes, including rallies and discussions, to mark the day.
Gayeshwar, a BNP standing committee member, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government must go. “She can’t stay in power with these looters…this is clear.”
He said they want the change of government peacefully without any chaos and violence.
About the outgoing Chief Justice’s comment that future of the country will be dire if the judiciary is not freed from political influence, the BNP leader said the boss of the judiciary is making now good comments during his departure though he could not ensure justice during his tenure.
“As you’re there in the position of the Chief Justice, can you answer under which law Begum Khaleda Zia was not granted bail? It can’t be the stature of the Chief Justice that you’ll do injustice in the name of justice and obey whatever Sheikh Hasina says during staying in the chair and you will deliver nice words while getting down from the chair,” he observed.
Speaking at the programme, another BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said the outgoing Chief Justice admitted with his remark that the judiciary in Bangladesh is functioning in political influence.
“This (the CJ’s comment) is also a message to the judiciary, the people and to the global community that judiciary in Bangladesh is not independent,” he said.
