DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expressed her best wishes for newly formed political alliance-Jatiya Oikyafront after senior party leaders had met her in city’s old central jail on Monday afternoon (November 12).

“Khaleda Zia offered Dua for the political alliance which we formed with countrymen,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told media after emerging from the prison.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, and Jamir Uddin Sarkar met their Chairperson in jail.

Khaleda Zia has been serving her five years’ sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case since February 8, 2018.

Jatiya Oikyafront was formed on October 13.         

Jatiya Oikyafront includes Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, ASM Abdur Rab's Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Mahmudur Rahman Manna's Nagorik Oikya, Bangabir Kader Siddique-led Krishak Sramik Janata League, and BNP

Kader Siddique joined the alliance on Monday (November 5).

The alliance was formed with the demands of a national election under a neutral government after dissolution of parliament and release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

The alliance has held rallies in Sylhet, Dhaka, Chattogram, and Rajshahi.

BDST: 1833 HRS, NOV 12, 2018

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