City Desk :
Accusing the government of pushing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia toward death, party senior leader Mirza Abbas said on Sunday that history will testify how a former prime minister is ‘being intentionally killed’ by depriving her of advanced treatment abroad.
“About whom we’re talking about, she (Khaleda Zia) is not here among us. She is not allowed to come before us and she is not allowed to speak up,” he said.
Addressing a publication ceremony of a book written on the life and struggles of Khaleda Zia, Abbas said physicians have long been advising to take the BNP chief abroad immediately, giving up hope for her recovery in Bangladesh.
“History will bear witness to how a human being (Khaleda) is knowingly being killed despite repeated pleas…those who deny her the opportunity to seek treatment abroad will be regarded as criminals in history,” he observed.
Abbas, a BNP standing committee member, also warned that those who are committing a crime by preventing Khaleda from receiving life-saving overseas treatment will be held accountable and brought to trial when the winds of justice shift in their favour.
