Khaleda critically ill: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday demanded the government immediately allow their party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for advanced treatment on humanitarian ground as she is critically ill.

“Khaleda Zia is so ill that I can’t make you understand . For the first time she sat in a chair from the bed at CCU (of Evercare Hospital) yesterday (Monday). She’s very weak,” he said.

Speaking at a doa mahfil, he also said doctors advised sending her abroad as there is no advanced centre in Bangladesh for treating Khaleda’s multiple critical diseases.

“We demand the government immediately allow her to receive treatment abroad. You (govt) please do it on humanitarian ground in line with her family’s application,” the BNP leader said. 

Stating that Khaleda is a leader of democracy, he warned that the government will have to shoulder all the responsibilities if anything bad happens to her for barring her from going abroad for treatment.

Fakhrul hoped that good sense will prevail upon the government to permit the BNP chief to go abroad for receiving treatment in any advanced centre.

BNP arranged the programme on the ground floor of its Naya Paltan central office seeking speedy recovery of Khaleda.