BANGLADESH

Khaleda Zia wants to hand over power to her 'corrupt' elder son Tarique Rahman, a ruling coalition MP has remarked.

"Those who are speaking against the trial of war crimes know that if war criminals are tried, they won't be able to do politics in this country," Workers' Party president Rashed Khan Menon MP said on Wednesday.

He was pointing at the opposition chief's speech in Sylhet on Tuesday.

Pointing out Khaleda's remark that she wanted to 'leave the power to new leadership', he said, "Which means you want to hand over power to corrupt men like Tarique Rahman."

Arguing against her demand for a caretaker government system, he said, "Khaleda Zia knows the caretaker system was for three elections only. Why is she fighting for this system? We all know what problems we faced during caretaker governments."

The opposition four-party alliance, led by Khaleda, has been opposing election under a political government, since the 15th amendment to constitution abolished the caretaker government system.