DHAKA: Ruling Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif alleged that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is unleashing violence countrywide following the prescription of foreigners.

The spoke person for the party made the assertion in a press conference at AL president’s political office in city’s Dhanmondi area on Monday.

Indicating Khaleda, he said, “If you have minimum responsibility to the country, withdraw the hartal and blockade programs.”

“Otherwise, you will be brought to book for carrying out the acts of sabotage across the country during hartal and blockade,” he said.

Terming the prevailing violence ‘barbaric’, Hanif said, “No demand will be met through violence.”

He also claimed that a quarter of intellectuals are trying to hide the misdeeds of BNP-Jamaat instead of criticizing their firebomb attacks.

BDST: 1624 HRS, FEB 09, 2015