In two rallies to welcome former members back to the BNF, Moupo tore into the Khama family saying that it has been the worst enemy of opposition politics in independent Botswana. Instructively, the BNF launched the attacks on a national day meant to honour founding president the late Sir Seretse Khama. He said the late founding father and the "Khama dynasty" in general are responsible over the years for weakening and disintegrating the opposition since independence. Speaking at rallies in Kanye and Gaborone South to welcome former Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Otlaadisa Koosaletse and ex-New Democratic Front (NDF) chairman Lemogang Ntime, Moupo said that the "Khama dynasty" is opposition enemy number one. He reminded the mammoth crowds that attended the rallies that current Vice President Ian Khama, a son of the founding father is pursuing the agenda of his father to destroy democracy by vanquishing the opposition. In Kanye, where the climax of the event was supposed to be the launch of Koosaletse, it was Moupo who was the star of the day. In the absence of Koosaletse who was in Gantsi because of death in his family, the BNF took centre-stage. He claimed that when Seretse Khama was president, he used state machinery such as the secret police and the special branch to spy on the then leader of the opposition Dr Kenneth Koma. He said that at one point, the secret police stole a bag from Koma when he was riding on a train. He asserted that during Seretse Khama's reign, opposition parties were made to look like they were illegal organisations with no legal powers. Moupo said the influential Ngwato of the Khamas made the BDP very strong as its leaders aligned themselves with the party, making it impossible for the opposition to penetrate the Central District. He thanked the Ngwaketse tribe for having saved the opposition when its paramount chief Bathoen Gaseitsiwe, regarded as the spiritual leader of the BNF joined the opposition to stand up to Ngwato hegemony. Moupo said the BNF owes its growth to political activity by the late Gaseitsiwe who helped the opposition garner at least three seats during the dark days of Seretse Khama. He praised Gaseitsiwe for quitting chieftainship when the BDP demanded that he should not engage politics when he is a chief. He said the younger Khama is just like his father because he continues to wield influence as a paramount chief of Ngwato tribe even though the constitution demands that he must quit his royal position when he joined politics. Moupo said it is common knowledge that Khama addresses his people as both a Kgosi and politician, to help maintain the BDP stronghold in Ngwato territory. "Ian Khama was called into the government and the BDP leadership after the opposition had won 13 parliamentary seats in 1994. His sole mission is to destabilise the opposition. He uses military intelligence to spy on the opposition. His rivals in the BDP have also complained that he is spying on them through the secret police, and that their phones have been tapped. It is an open secret, but we want you to know that these things are not new, because his father did the same thing," said Moupo. He claimed that recently, Ian caused confusion in the opposition when he said at a rally that the BDP is working with the BNF to destroy the BCP. "Ian told people that I went to London to destroy the BCP relationship with the Labour Party, but I want to tell you that the BNF has always had a relationship with the Labour Party, and has been invited to the Labour Party convention in September, where the BCP will also attend," he explained. At the Gaborone South rally, where Ntime and some other 121 NDF defectors were received, Moupo continued with his hard-hitting statements about how the opposition suffered under the "Khama dynasty". He explained that the reason why the BNF appears stronger in the southern part of the country is because the party had to retreat there and rebuild. "Politicking in Central District was not easy. People were reminded that the soil on which they are walking belonged to Khama, and that they should pack and go if they did not like the BDP. But in the southern part, the situation was different. People listened to our alternative politics. Gaborone became the stronghold of the opposition because people, especially workers, who met all sorts of social problems, understood our revolutionary politics easily. The party's growth would then spread to the neighbouring villages such as Ramotswa, Tlokweng, Mochudi, Kweneng, and so forth. But time has come now to push into the Ngwato territory from the south. Other opposition parties should not think that we are spreading into the north just to spoil their chances, every party needs to grow. With the BNF's operation Tsosoletso, we are determined to push into the Ngwato territory now," he said at a packed rally held under morula trees at Bontleng.