File photo of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune'We have submitted five applications in December, 2018, to jail authoritiesto meet with the BNP chairperson but we are unable to meet with her as the authority did not permit us to do so'BNP has claimed that the jail authorities have barred party leaders, doctors, and relatives from meeting its Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail for a long time. Last Wednesday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also submitted an application to the Ministry of Home Affairs to meet with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Fakhrul also said in that letter that no senior leaders could hold a meeting with their chairperson for a long time. Earlier on December 29, 2018, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said: “According to the jail’s provisions, relatives may visit prisoners once a week. However, in the case of Khaleda Zia, this provision has been extended to a 15-day period.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 08, 2019 16:52 UTC