BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the current government is trying to hang onto power using the state machinery.
“The government is using Rab, police and other state machinery in its bid to cling to power with the force of arms,” he said.
Fakhrul, the BNP acting secretary general, came up with the allegation while addressing a joint meeting of party workers arranged by the district unit BNP at Thakurgaon Zila Parishad auditorium.
He said the government which came to power through a ‘voter-less farcical election’ is now considering guns as their main source of power instead of people.
The BNP acting secretary general warned the government that no fascist, repressive and autocratic regime in the world could stay in power for ever “The people of Bangladesh will force this regime to quit through a strong street movement very soon.”
Fakhrul was critical of the government for what he said its failure to maintain law and order and ensure public security. “Awami League government has turned the entire country into a death valley by resorting to killings, abductions and enforced disappearances.”
He alleged that the government is patronising the dreadful terrorists and godfathers to annihilate their opponents.
The BNP leader claimed that at least 310 opposition leaders and activists were killed and 37 others made disappeared in the last one year.
Mentioning that the country is passing through a critical juncture, he said a ‘uniform-less autocratic regime’ has imposed its misrule on the people of Bangladesh.
Fakhrul urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to read the wall writings and hold a fresh election immediately realising public pulse.
He also urged the party men to get united and take preparation for forcing the government to realise their demand for a election through a strong movement.
Around 50 leaders and activists of Awami League and Jatiya Party of Baliadangi upazila joined BNP at the meeting.
Source: UNBConnect
