Khaleda Meets Fakhrul, Gets Briefed about BNP Activities

Forty-eight days after her conditional release, BNP chairperson Khaled Zia talked to her party Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and sent him orders to further improve the party's relief efforts. 

A senior BNP leader, wishing her anonymity, said the BNP chief asked Fakhrul to meet her on Monday night.  

Later, the BNP Secretary General went to her residence in Gulshan about 9 p.m. and had an almost hour-long meeting with her.

Talking to media on Tuesday night, Fakhrul said he talked to Khaleda over various issues, including her treatment and the country’s coronavirus situation.

“I informed her about our party’s relief activities to assuage the sufferings of the affected people. She expressed her happiness over our relief efforts, and asked me to encourage party leaders and activists to continue it,” he said.

The BNP leader said Khaleda will be there in quarantine at her Gulshan house until the country gets rid of the coronavirus. “We’ll take the next steps regarding her treatment and other issues when the situation gets normal.”

As for the BNP Chief's health condition, he said that she's very sick and that her situation had not improved as much as she had sought care from her personal doctors.

A leader close to Fakhrul said the BNP chief wanted to know about the party's relief activities for the needy in the middle of the coronavirus shutdown.

As Fakhrul assessed the matter, she asked him to advise party leaders and activists to further step up their relief efforts around the country and stand by the worst affected people in terms of their capacity.   

The BNP leader said no one, except Khaled’s relatives, and doctors, is allowed to enter her residence, ‘Firoza’.

On 25 March last, Khaleda was released from prison for six months on the basis of an execution warrant, despite her age and humanitarian grounds.

The government passed an executive order for her release on two conditions—-receiving care in her home in Gulshan and not leaving the country.

Khaleda was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail after she had been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a special court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018.

Source: UNB