BNP led 20 party alliance is breaking up!



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Dhaka,(Barta24.com): There is apprehension of breaking up the BNP led 20 party alliance which was always a fragile alliance without any common ideological goal. The alliance has reached on the verge of break up on the allegation that the big partner BNP does not take any opinion or suggestion in taking any decision which is usually taken in the name of alliance. However none raised any question so long for the sake of alliance unity but now the time is ripe to leave the alliance one after another.

Some alliance partners alleged that the crisis had begun when BNP set up an alliance with National Oikya Front on election issue without any consultation with the alliance partner. Though meetings were convened at that time but BNP gave importance to OIkya Front partners than the original 20 party alliance partners. This had cornered the alliance partners.

It is learnt that alliance partner and Labor Party chairman Dr. Mostafizur Rahman Iran has given a ultimatum that he wants an explanation from BNP on some points and if he does not get proper reply he would leave the alliance making announcement on May 23. Another partner LDP chairman Col.(Rtd.) Oli Ahmed after returning to country will make announcement of leaving the alliance.

Another alliance partner Jamaat- e -Islami after losing registration has been walking in a blind alley. Some of them who were expelled are speaking of forming a new platform bringing reforms within the party. The rest groups are in dark.

However before the last election on the question of legality National Awami party(NAP) and National Democratic Front(NDF) left the alliance. While on last May Barrister Andalib Rahman Parta led BJP walked on the same way.

BJP alleged that after formation of National OIkya Front the activities of 20 party alliance became stalled. Before or after the election on many occasions only the BNP took part in many important dialogues with the government without the participation of alliance partners.
There is a rumor that more partners are going to leave the alliance on the same grounds. However their leaders are not ready to make direct comments.

Bangladesh Labor Party chairman Dr. Mostafizur Rahman Iran told Barta24.com that we sought explanations from BNP that we all had rejected the results of the election held on December 30 then why BNP members took oath where discussion was necessary. But they did not do that. If they had taken decision of taking oath then why Mirza Fakhrul did not take oath? We wanted to know all these unexplained matters. If we do not get correct explanation by May 23 we will be compelled to leave the alliance. He further said that we have been with the alliance since 2007. We would want to know whether BNP wants the alliance active. Now it is clear that Oikya Front is a part of the government agenda.

Moreover there is an ideological conflict with the Oikya Front. So politics cannot be done in such a half way.

However Chairman of Kalyan Party Major General(Rtd.) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim told that we are still with the alliance and did not leave.

Senior joint secretary general of LDP Shahdat Hossain Selim told Barta24.com that BNP has invited the mishap for giving much importance to Oikya Front. Our party president is now in abroad and after his return we would take decision studying the situation.

He further told that we do not disagree with the allegations of Barrister Andalib Rahman Partha. We think that BNP has although committed mistakes and failed to run the alliance properly. They have gone to Sangsad but they could have taken the decision after convening an alliance meeting. So due to the mistakes of BNP the distance has created which cannot be amended.

   

After capturing power, Awami League also captured history: Amir Khosru



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BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has commented that Awami League is taking over history by illegally grabbing power.

He said that the rulers are using the state machinery to implement their fabricated history. They are manipulating the Judiciary to explain their fabricated history. When politicians become historians, it is no longer history, but propaganda.

Amir Khosru made this comment at a discussion meeting organized by the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) at the National Press Club on Wednesday (April 17) at noon, demanding the declaration of Republic Day on April 10.

This member of the BNP Standing Committee said that although the Awami League government has dropped the boat symbol in the Upazila Parishad elections, it has not withdrawn from the project of stealing votes. The vote stealing scheme is the source of their power. The government no longer has the courage to go in front of the people with the boat. 95 percent of the people did not go to the polling station in the January 7 election. There is no such thing as voting.

He also said that every effort was made to break the BNP before the election, but the unity of the BNP is intact. Cases, assaults, jails have been defamed against BNP leaders and activists, yet the unity could not be broken.

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BUET should decide whether to have student politics or not: Gayeshwar



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Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, said that if the BUET authorities think that the BUET authorities will stop politics there for the sake of keeping the atmosphere of the campus calm and for the education of the talented children of parents who study here - that is their decision.

On Monday (April 1), Natore District BNP Joint Convenor Dewan Shaheen, who was undergoing treatment at BSMMU, made this comment in response to the questions of the journalists present after inquiring about the treatment.

Gayeshwar Chandra said, we want student politics; we have come this far by student politics. Student politics is not an obstacle. I don't want a group student organization in the classroom. Abrar, a brilliant student of BUET, was brutally killed in BUET. Not only the students, civil society and political parties of the country erupted in protest. Then the BUET authorities decided that there will be no political student organization in BUET. In the context of which BUET has taken this decision, whether it is still valid or not, whether there is any danger or not, considering the overall aspect, BUET has to decide whether there will be student politics or not.

Claiming that the condition of Jahangir Nagar University is more deplorable than the condition of BUET, the former minister said that Chhatra League leader Manik had celebrated a century of rape there. What could be more disgusting than that? In fact they are not tainted with any stigma! The more we find them tainted, the more they are embellished. One reason is to use muscle power and destroy politics as a party worker in the administration.

Mentioning the attack on Natore district BNP joint convener Dewan Shaheen, Gayeshwar Chandra said, "Our leaders and workers are often attacked by Awami League terrorists." This brutality of the rulers is going on all over the country. Still, BNP activists do not leave the field. However, without these terrorist activities and muscle power, it is not possible for an isolated government to survive politically.

In response to a journalist's question about former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment in CCU at Ever Care Hospital in the capital, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said that the government is killing Khaleda Zia in a planned way without giving her better treatment abroad. The ruling party will be happy even though the news of his death will go down in tears all over the country.

BNP Organizing Secretary Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, deputy secretary Taiful Islam Tipu and others were present at this time.

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In the 12th JS election the cost of Awami league is Tk. 2.76 crore



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The party's treasurer HN Ashikur Rahman said that the ruling Awami League spent Tk. 2 crore 76 lakh 88 thousand 120 in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election.

He gave this information after submitting the party's expenditure account to the commission in the 12th election at Agargaon election building in the capital on Monday (April 1) afternoon.

After submitting the election expenses of the ruling party, the presidium member of the party, Kazi Zafarullah, said that we had a limit of Tk. 4 crore 50 lakh. The expenditure is less than that.

At that time, the treasurer of the party, Ashiqur Rahman, said that Tk. 2 crore 76 lakh 78 thousand 120 have been spent. Our expenditure limit was Tk. 4 crore 50 lakh.

He said that the district level leaders spent on their own because of their loyalty to the party. So our expenses are reduced. Moreover, the entire expenditure in elections is not party-related. Where other parties require Tk. 10, we require Tk. 2.

In response to the question where this money was spent in the election, he said that it was spent on posters, public meetings, publicity etc.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Barrister Biplab Barua said, as a registered party, we will submit the income and expenditure account. Then there will be details.

At that time, Presidium member Kazi Zafarullah, Treasurer HN Ashiqur Rahman, Publicity and Publication Abdus Sobahan Golap, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan were present in the delegation of Awami League.

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Awami League leader's comments on parliamentary elections is viral



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General Secretary of Cumilla North District Awami League Roshan Ali Master has gone viral with his controversial comments on Debidwar parliamentary elections. There has been uproar among activists over the video that has spread online. Some reacted angrily.

On Saturday (March 30) afternoon, Roshan Ali Master gave the speech at the iftar party at his residence in Devidwar Municipal area on the occasion of pilgrimage to Makkah to perform Umrah.

In a four-and-a-half-minute video spread on Facebook, he was heard saying, "We didn't lose the vote, we lost by the mechanism." For any reason we could not get the results, 82 thousand votes is less? They have a lot of history, you will not understand them and your brother will explain them. Those whom I have made leaders do not count on me now. There are many Mir Jafars in our party, they have been and will be. If they get better, we will get better. And if it is not good after Hajj, then I will come in the field.

The leaders and workers of Debidwar Upazila Awami League expressed their immediate angry reaction to his speech.

In response, they said, "Where the Prime Minister has set an example all over the world by holding a free, fair and impartial vote, his statement calls into question the fair election." In his speech, he wanted to prove that the current Member of Parliament Abul Kalam Azad was elected by rigging the vote. They condemned such a statement.

Debidwar Upazila Awami League Joint General Secretary Principal Humayun Kabir said, 'Awami League is becoming a laughing stock to common people with these unrestrained statements. No one can stop him. Earlier, in various meetings of the 12th National Election, he has been in controversy by abusing independent candidates and his leaders and activists, which everyone has seen on social media. Awami League leaders and activists are embarrassed by these statements.

Cumilla North District Awami League General Secretary Roshan Ali Master called several times to get a statement on the matter, but he did not receive.

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