Asol BNP gives ultimatum

Staff Correspondent: Asol BNP, literally meaning real BNP, has given a 24-hour ultimatum to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to pay its compensation otherwise it will take legal action.

Spokesperson of Asol BNP Kamrul Hasan Nasim announced the ultimatum at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Monday.

For the second time this month, Asol BNP made an attempt on BNP headquarters at Nayapaltan in Dhaka on Sunda.

They were met with aggravated and stick-wielding activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, who alleged that it was all a conspiracy of the government to split BNP.

About a dozen ‘Asol BNP’ men, led by their chief Kamrul Hasan Nasim, drove near the BNP office on a pick-up van with loudspeakers playing slogans: “Bangabandhu is the father of our nation but we need a Ziaur Rahman” around 3:40pm.

Yards away from the office, Chhatra Dal and BNP activists charged at them with sticks and drove them away. The vehicle was set on fire and the incident was followed by a flash pro-BNP procession.

Risingbd/DHAKA/Jan 18, 2016/Neaz/Mukul