, April 30 -- BNP Standing Committee member and MP from Dhaka-2, Goyeswar Chandra Roy on Thursday claimed that many ruling party lawmakers would feel uncomfortable when the issue of the '1/11' political changeover is raised.

Taking part in the discussion on the thanksgiving motion on the President's speech in Parliament, he said he was among the first to stand against the developments of the 2007-08 Bangladeshi political crisis.

Roy alleged that reform initiatives promoted during that period by figures such as Major General Amin and Brigadier General Bari were part of a broader "depoliticisation conspiracy" under the then caretaker regime led by Fakhruddin Ahmed and Moeen U Ahmed.

Referring to the role of BNP leaders at the time, he sa...