Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday alleged that the main opposition BNP had plotted to topple the elected government through Hefazat-e-Islam’s recent long march and rally in the capital.
“BNP had an ill-motive to topple the Awam League elected government through this (Hefazat’s) long march programme. They had thought they would be able to dislodge the government within four days with the help of Jamaat and Hefazat… but we, under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, tacked the situation skillfully,” he said.
Ashraf came up with the allegation at a roundtable, titled ‘Political Violence and Anarchy’, organised by Bangladesh Awami League at the National Press Club.
But BNP failed to keep Hefazat men confined to its grip despite spending crores of taka, the AL general secretary said Hefazat activists left capital like defeated forces and cats due to the government’s strength and skill in handling the situation.
Stating that the ruling party was about to reach an understanding with BNP last week to hold a dialogue to resolve the political stalemate, Ashraf said BNP stepped back due to its illusion with Hefazat’s long march programme.
Making his party stance clear on holding dialogue with the opposition, the Awami League leader reiterated that they are always sincere in sitting for dialogue with the opposition to resolve the present political crisis.
He also called upon BNP to abandon the curvy path and endorse straight the dialogue offer and peaceful means to resolve standoff.
Mentioning that opposition leaders are seen busy in talk-shows, he said, “They apparently remain too much busy. They don’t have that much time to sit for a dialogue and discussions to mend the situation.”
In response to a query over enacting an anti-hartal law to put an end to the ongoing anarchy, Syed Ashraf said the political issues should be resolved through mutual discussions instead of involving courts in the process. “Once court gets involved in political confrontations…the results won’t be good for the nation in the future,” he said.
He also said he will discuss how the hartal can be stopped through discussions at the government level.
He said judges both in Bangladesh and Pakistan did never play a supportive role for democracy in the past. “They’ll have to go a long way. They’ll have to prove more. Then they would regain the trust of people they enjoyed earlier.”
Ashraf, also the LGRD Minister, hoped that the political problems will be resolved through discussions as done in the past holding dialogue with the BNP and its allies.
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud was also present.
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