'All tricks of Awami League to cling to power will go in vain'

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that all the tricks of the Awami League to cling to power will go in vain.

He came up with the remark while talking to reporters after talks with three political parties at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office on Wednesday.

Mirza Fakhrul said, "The only demand of the people is now the resignation of the Awami League government. Getting afraid of the ongoing movement, the AL leaders are bringing up old issues. The truth is that Awami League itself is the mastermind behind the arson terrorism."

"We're a liberal democratic party. We believe in (change in power) through elections. We have never come to power by resorting to terrorism or arson attacks in the past, and we don't want to do it now as well," he continued.

About the ruling party leaders' comment that no more concessions would be given to BNP on the streets, Fakhrul said, "Concessions are not given to anyone (in politics), it has to be earned."

Replying to a question, the BNP leader said the body language of a fascist regime never changes till the last moment. "But it'll collapse like a house of cards hit by the movement. HM Ershad's body language also remained unchanged until December 5, 1990, but collapsed the following day."

Nazrul Islam Khan, a standing committee member of BNP and 20-party coordinator, was also present during the meetings with the three parties.