Zia again, pressure up on Yunus to hold polls in ‘quickest possible’ time

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

DHAKA:Amid heightened political tensions and a present of mass assist in Dhaka, BNP chairperson and ailing former PM Khaleda Zia returned from London on Tuesday after 4 months of therapy, her return seen as a possible turning level in the opposition’s push for elections and a return to democratic governance.Zia, arch rival of deposed PM Sheikh Hasina, and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been urging interim govt to hold elections in Dec this 12 months. BNP is presently the most important political get together, and Zia’s return got here as BNP continued to mount pressure on the interim govt to hold elections in the “quickest possible” time.The govt and its chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, nonetheless, need to pursue its reform agenda first, whereas the just lately floated student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) is making efforts to organise nationwide networks. NCP members just lately stated elections underneath the present “pro-BNP” forms are unlikely to be truthful they usually need reforms initiated by Yunus govt to be carried out first. “We believe Zia’s presence will make it easier to restore democracy,” a senior BNP politician stated.