Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia again minus!

Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) president Bangabir Kader Siddiqi Bir Uttam again wanted to ‘minus’ country’s top two most influential national leaders Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, two female bosses of the two largest parties in Bangladesh.

ASM Abdur Rab, one of the founders of the Jatiya Somajtrantik Dal, reiterated his suggestion of new ‘changed’ politics in the country being free from the current practice of ‘nepotism’ in the two major political parties.

Both of them came up with these hope and suggestion while addressing a Iftar Mahfil organized by Bangladesh Kallyan Party in a city hotel yesterday.

Kader Siddiqi said,‘‘ For the real changes in politics, we must minus both the Awami League and BNP along with their chief Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia from the politics.”

Abdur Rab, also the former vice-president of the Dhaka University Central Student Union said, ‘‘ If we really believe in a new ‘healthy’ politics for the betterment of the nation, we must free ourselves from the ‘nepotism’ politics of the Awami League and BNP.”

Bangladesh Kallyan Party chairman Major General(Retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, Bir Protik in his special prayer prior to Iftar sought the ‘divine blessing’ from Almighty Allah to survive into country’s politics.

Though he mentioned many names of the Islamic clerics including Hazrat Shajajal of Sylhet and Khaja Mainuddin Chisti of India,very technically he did not mentioned any names of country’s late national leaders.

‘‘If we are qualified for country’s politics, Oh! Almighty Allah, kindly help us so that we can successfully survive in the national politics. And If we are not well qualified, please make us qualified,’’ he said in the combine special prayer which he himself conducted.

Kallyan Party chief hosted the Iftar and dinner party in the capital in the honour of top politicians and foreign diplomats and senior journalists, businessmen .

But no politicians from the ruling Awami League or opposition Bangladesh National Party attended the progarmme except the businessman turned politician BNP Chairperson’s advising council member Abdul Awal Minto.

Among the diplomats working in Bangladesh, the Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka was only present.

Only except the reporters who went to cover the event, no senior journalists replied the invitation of the former army officer who founded his party after the change over of the 1/11 when the army backed caretaker government took the state power in 2001.

Many such new political parties were formed during then Chief Advisor Dr Fakruddin Ahmed led caretaker government , whose allegedly tried to minus BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina from the country’s political scenario patronizing the newly formed parties.

All the new formed political parties reportedly supported the much talked political reforms of the caretaker government , targeting to minus the major politicians including Hasina and Khaleda.

However, most of the parties went out of scene after the last parliamentarian election held in December 29, 2010.

Islami Oikkya Jote Maulana General Secretary Abdul Latif Nijami, BKP Secretary General Abdul Malek Chowdhury ,organizing secretary Shahidur Rahman Tamanna, office secretary Md Nurul Kabir Pintu, among others, were present in the Iftar.