Appreciating Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia for her ‘realisation’ that a movement cannot be waged by fixing a timeframe, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday said she was following the ruling Awami League’s political ways.”
“This is our notion … I congratulate her (Khaleda) for realising that any movement can’t be launched by setting a deadline,” he said.
Tofail was talking to reporters at his office after exchanging greetings with officials and employees of his ministry on the first workday after Eid.
While exchanging Eid greetings at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Monday, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party would announce the anti-government programmes when it is time.
“The time looms close. A movement can’t be forged with a fixed timeframe. We’re in the movement and will continue with it. I’ll call for a movement in due time. The people will join us then. This government must go,” she said.
Tofail said the BNP chief had continued to issue ultimatums one after another but had never been able to implement any of them.
Noting that Khaleda had earlier announced launching a movement after Eid-ul-Azha, he said, “As she failed to wage the movement, she is now trying to pacify her activists.”
The minister also claimed that the prices of daily essentials, including spices, were normal during Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha.
Claiming that there had been no sign of poverty across the country during Eid celebrations, he said: “This has proved that Bangladesh is turning into a middle-income country.”
Source: Prothom Alo