Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- BNP on Wednesday described the incident at Saidpur Airport involving the arrest of a Jamaat district leader with a large amount of cash as a political conspiracy to 'obstruct BNP's inevitable victory'.

"A quarter is trying to create various obstacles to prevent the BNP's inevitable victory. This morning, we saw media reports that police detained the Thakurgaon district Jamaat ameer at Saidpur Airport after he travelled from Dhaka with more than Tk 50 lakh in cash," said BNP's Election Steering Committee spokesperson Mahdi Amid.

Speaking at a press conference at the BNP's Gulshan election office, he raised questions about the source and intended use of the money at a time when banking and financial transactions remain l...