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Monday, September 15, 2008

Khaleda says 'No, thank you'


Khaleda Zia has "humbly" and "respectfully" turned down the party standing committee proposal to make her BNP leader for life, according to a statement Sunday evening. "I feel deeply grateful for the proposal the standing committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party made in its latest meeting, to make me the party leader for life," she said in the "I thank all concerned for this. "This proposal was only an expression of overwhelming emotion at a particular time. "I humbly reject this offer without any disrespect to such emotions," Khaleda said exactly 24 hours after the standing committee took the decision in a meeting that she herself chaired. The party policymakers had decided late Saturday afternoon that Khaleda would lead BNP for life, just two days after her release from jail. More info......

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