The leader of the opposition, Khaleda Zia, has warned that a united movement will be launched after Eid if agreements with India go against national interests.
'We definitely favour deals as long as those are in favour of the country. If those go against the country's interest, we'll wage a united movement to protect the country's interests,' she told an iftar party.
Addressing the iftar party organised by Dhaka city BNP on premises of LD Hall of parliament, the BNP chairperson demanded that the agreements should be signed with India during the upcoming visit of the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, next month be made public.
Portraying a grim picture of the country, she said the country was now 'in dire state and people were looking forward to us'.
The former prime minister said the nationalist forces believe in Islamic values and all patriotic forces need to be united to pull out the country from 'this bad state'.
She said they had already got a positive response from various political parties for forging a greater unity for a vigorous anti-government campaign. Khaleda said all these parties had branded the government as 'corrupt, autocratic and oppressive one'.
She said the country had turned into a 'police state' instead of emerging as a democratic state.
The BNP chief said the movement would be waged after Eid to restore democracy and protect people from the present misrule.
City BNP convenor and city mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka and member secretary Abdus Salam received the guests at the iftar party.
Source : New Age
