Dialogue, agitation to go on side by side: 14-party

"Justice KM Hasan (who is supposed to be the chief of the next caretaker government) is in no way a non-partisan person. He was the international affairs secretary during the formation of BNP," said Razzak while addressing a rally as chief guest at Muktangan in the city.

The rally was organised by AL-led 14-party opposition combine city unit as part of the countrywide agitation rallies demanding uninterrupted supply of electricity.

Abdur Razzak said the assurance of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia for solving electricity crisis is only a trick to coming to power again.

People today cannot perform their religious activities in peace, the farmers fail to irrigate their land and the students cannot study properly, he added.

Presiding over the rally, 14-party city unit Coordinator Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said electricity crisis has been deepened due to corruption of the family members of the prime minister.

"They plundered Tk 15,000 crore in the last five years, which is why the government could not produce even a single megawatt electricity," Maya said, adding that people will give befitting reply to such corruption in next general election.

AL Presidium Member Motia Chowdhury, Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Mohammad Nasim, Haji Selim, Advocate Sahara Khatun, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Mainuddin Khan Badal and Gono Forum leader Mostafa Mohsin Montu were present on the occasion.

After the rally, a big procession was brought out with participants carrying lanterns, oil lamps, tube lights and posters in their hands.