BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said no dialogue and election will be successful keeping their chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail.
“Neither any dialogue nor any election will be successful keeping Khaleda Zia in jail. So, we would like to call upon you please return to the path of democracy and create a democratic atmosphere,” Fakhrul said at a human-chain programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Wednesday (Oct 31).
“The government must fully accept Oikyafront’s seven-point demand for holding a credible and neutral election. First of all, our leader (Khaleda) must be freed as no election can be meaningful without her release,” he added.
BNP formed the human chain protesting the conviction of its chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Several hundred BNP leaders and followers formed the human chain amid tight security and they chanted various slogans demanding the immediate release of their leader Khaleda Zia.
Police cordoned off the protesters to defend any kinds of trouble.