BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday left the capital for a seven-day visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party.
Senior party leaders saw her off at the airport. A regular flight of Thai Airways, carrying Khaleda and members of her entourage, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 1:35pm.
The BNP claims that the senior leaders were prevented by the authorities concerned from entering the VIP lounge at the airport.
"Former ministers and lawmakers could not enter the VIP lounge. It is nothing but an expression of the autocratic attitude of the government," standing committee member Moudud Ahmed told reporters.
Several thousand leaders, workers and supporters also gathered outside the airport to see off Khaleda, a former premier.
As per her itinerary, the BNP chief stopped over and stayed in Bangkok overnight. She is scheduled to reach Beijing today.
Before leaving the country, the party's standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman, who is accompanying Khaleda during the visit, said the party chief would hold meetings with top-level leaders of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party.
"This visit will strengthen the ties between the two countries, and between the BNP and the Chinese Communist Party," he told The Daily Star.
Party leaders indicated that the BNP chairperson might raise the issue of the recent communal attack on Buddhists in Ramu during the meetings with the Chinese leaders as the BNP believes a section of the Awami League-led government was behind the incident.
Khaleda will also seek Chinese support over her demand for the restoration of the caretaker government system in Bangladesh
Khaleda flies to China
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