Dhaka: BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday hinted that their party may change the nature of their current movement in the days to come.

‘We’ve long been carrying out a democratic and peaceful movement. The nature of our movement can be changed in the interest of people,’ he said.

The BNP leader came up with the comment while speaking at a discussion arranged by ‘Active Citizen of Bangladesh’ at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) demanding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail.

Mentioning that BNP repeatedly restored people’s democratic rights through struggle, he said people expect BNP to take steps for restoring democracy this time as well.

Nazrul, a BNP standing committee member, alleged the government is making various efforts to keep BNP out of the next general election race as it knows it cannot win the polls if their party joints it.

He said the government has also kept their chairperson in jail ‘unlawfully’ to hold the next polls without BNP’s participation.

‘We would like to say that no national election will be held in the country excluding Khaleda Zia. People won’t allow anyone to arrange such polls,’ the BNP leader warned.

He said the delay over granting bail to Khaleda in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by the Supreme Court may appease the government, but it made people concerned about the rule of law.

Nazrul hoped that their chairperson will get bail from the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the apex court is set to pass its order on her bail petition on that day.