Khaleda will be back in jail if BNP does excess: PM

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be sent back to jail if her party does excesses, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

"Suspending her [jail] sentence, we have given her [Khaleda] a scope to stay at home on humanitarian grounds. If the BNP does excesses, we will send her back to jail," she said.

She made the statements while addressing a programme arranged by the Awami League at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on the occasion of Jail Killing Day, reported UNB.

The day is observed to remember four national leaders -- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Quamaruzzaman -- who were assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail on November 3 in 1975.

Talking at another event, the prime minister said people who were behind the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman committed the jail killing.

"Four national leaders were killed in the central jail, which is a protected place. The killers of Father of the Nation, including Zia and Mostaque, committed these killings," she said at a discussion on the Jail Killing Day in parliament.

Ziaur Rahman killed military officers who fought in the Liberation War and brought anti-liberation forces back to power, she added.

"They wanted to spoil our victory [achieved following the Liberation War] completely and distort history," she said.

Hasina said Ziaur Rahman patronised and rewarded the killers and awarded them jobs in the foreign missions.

HM Ershad allowed Bangabandhu's killer Col Faruk in politics and made him a candidate for the president post.

Criticising Barrister Mainul Hosein, the premier said he too formed a political party with the killers.

Pointing at the BNP, she said those who came to power illegally couldn't ensure democracy and protect human rights.

MEETING ON OVERALL ECONOMIC SITUATION

The prime minister will hold a meeting regarding the review of the overall economic situation and relevant issues of the country on Sunday, reported our staff correspondent.

With the participation of Hasina, the meeting will be held at the Chameli Hall of the Prime Minister's Office at 9:00am, PMO's Press Wing said in a Facebook post.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Awami League will hold a programme titled "Cries of Arson Terrorism: BNP-Jamaat Arson Terrorism, Anarchy and Human Rights Violation" in the capital on the same day.

Hasina will attend the programme virtually from the Gono Bhaban.