“The Prime Minister speaks of one thing in the morning and another in the afternoon. She herself called for talks anywhere to resolve the crisis. But now she is opposing the dialogue,” he said.
The BNP standing committee member was addressing a preparatory meeting of local BNP and its front organisations at his residence in Homna marking the death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman.
Observing that the government wants to hold the polls using its muscle power ignoring people’s opinions, MK Anwar urged it to accept their demand for restoration of the caretaker government system.
He alleged that the government has gone completely mad for money and power. “The government is harassing BNP leaders by filing false cases against them. Torture is being inflicted on central leaders in the name of remand while they are rearrested at the jail gate upon their release from the jail.”
Describing unprecedented ‘the heinous mass killing’ of the Hefajat men at Shapla Chattar after disconnecting power supply on May 5, the BNP policymaker demanded that the government reveal how many Hefajat workers were killed on the day.
