The leader of the opposition made the remarks Tuesday night when a 50-member delegation of the newly-elected Sirajganj district Bar Association and leaders of district Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, led by local MP Rumana Mahmud, met the BNP chief at her Gulshan office.    The delegation members include newly elected Sirajganj Bar Association president SM Moazzem Hossain, vice-presidents M Raihan Ali Sarker and Khan Mohammad Ayub Ali, general secretary Mir Ruhul Amin Babu, also the general secretary of district Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, and assistant general secretary M Enamul Karim Shahin and district Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum president M Rezaul Karim Talukder.

   Khaleda also warned that the consequences would not be good if the government and the Election Commission try to create chaos and rig the coming by-elections. The BNP chairperson came up with the harsh words for the first time after formation of the new AL government. Referring to government’s different moves and possible agreements like TIFA, transit and task force, she said Bangladesh would turn into ‘Sikim’, not Singapore, if such agreements are signed. ‘There’ll be no development of the country with such deals with foreign countries.’

   Accusing the government of reneging its election pledges in just one and half months, Khaleda said, ‘There is no similarity between their works and words. About parliament, the BNP chairperson said the ruling party was trying to keep BNP away from parliament in a pre-planned way. ‘They’ve even dropped the names of BNP-nominated MPs from the Parliamentary Special Committee. I doubt whether the government would allow the BNP to play its role as the opposition in parliament.’  The BNP chairperson in her about 50-minute speech also referred to the immediate-past caretaker government’s ‘conspiracy’ to defeat the BNP and the EC’s attempt to split it.