A reactionary quarter including BNP has been creating confusion and instability in the country centering the conviction of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said today.

“Rule of law has been established through the court verdict that convicted and sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia,” the AwamiLegaue leader said in a press conference.

“Now, she (Khaleda) will move an appeal through legal procedure and the court will consider whether she would be granted bail or not. She might be granted bail through legal procedure,” he said.

Taposh, member secretary of BangabandhuAwamiAinjibiParishad, made the comment while speaking to a press conference organized by the pro-Awami League lawyers’ body at the Supreme Court Bar Association auditorium.

He said they are noting that a quarter is using the verdict [on Khaleda] as political tool and trying to create indiscipline in the country.

“We are apprehending that the quarter is engaged to hatch conspiracy to take the country to the undisciplined situation like that of 2013, 2014 and 2015. We strongly condemn it,” he said.

Parishad leader and former law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed told the press conference that Khaleda Zia can contest the next parliamentary election if the High Court suspends her conviction and sentence.

If her conviction and sentence are upheld in appeal, she will be disqualified to contest the election, he added. 

Parishad Convener Yusuf Hossain Humayun said the verdict on Khaleda is being misinterpreted.

Former AL ministers Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru, MP, Advocate Sahara Khatun, MP, ,vice chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder,AL Law Secretary SM Rezaul Karim, SCBA Vice President Md Ozi Ullah, among others, also spoke on the occasion.