BNP can bring doctors for Khaleda from abroad if it wants: Law Minister
PBC News: Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the government will have no objection if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family and the political party wants to bring home any specialised doctor from abroad.
He made the remarks while addressing an extended meeting of Awami League in Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura constituency as the chief guest on Saturday virtually.
He said, “Khaleda Zia has been given all the facilities that a convict can avail legally. However, they should keep in mind that the government cannot do anything going beyond the law of the land.”
BNP has been demanding the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia so she can go abroad for better treatment.
As part of a countrywide programme, hundreds of BNP leaders and activists observed a mass hunger strike in the capital on Saturday demanding to allow its critically ill chairperson to go abroad for advanced treatment.
Leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies began the hunger strike in front of their Nayapaltan central office at 9:00am which continued till 4:00pm.
Khaleda, a 76-year-old former prime minister, was readmitted to Evercare Hospital on November 13, six days after she had returned home from the hospital.
The BNP chief’s physicians said she has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ophthalmological and dental complications.
