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 remedy, her return seen as a possible turning level within 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 carry elections in Dec this yr. BNP is at the moment the key political occasion, and Zia’s return got here as BNP continued to mount stress on the interim govt to carry elections within the “quickest potential” time.The govt. and its chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, nonetheless, wish to pursue its reform agenda first, whereas the not too long ago floated student-led Nationwide Citizen Occasion (NCP) is making efforts to organise nationwide networks. NCP members not too long ago stated elections beneath the present “pro-BNP” paperwork are unlikely to be truthful and so they need reforms initiated by Yunus govt to be carried out first. “We consider Zia’s presence will make it simpler to revive democracy,” a senior BNP politician stated.
