BNP: PM Hasina focused on keeping int’l community happy

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is focused on keeping the international community happy without considering the interests of the country and its people. 

“Sheikh Hasina's fascist government has even accepted democracy certification even from a one-party authoritarian country,” Rizvi told reporters at the central office of BNP in Naya Paltan on Monday.

“The people are terrified because of lack of democracy, totalitarian corruption, money laundering, inflation, declining foreign exchange reserves, current account deficit, revenue deficit and unprecedented depreciation of the taka.”

Rizvi said the government had pushed the economy towards total anarchy. “The general public is becoming destitute; the government has taken away their ability to eat three meals a day.”

Rizvi said while the government was concerned with power, the prices of essentials had skyrocketed due to looting and mismanagement. 

Inflation was now out of control, he said, adding that the most worthless thing was public opinion. 

Sheikh Hasina’s desire to stay in power illegally had hindered democracy, Rizvi claimed.

The BNP leader vowed that his party’s movement to oust the Awami League government from power and restore democracy would continue until victory was achieved.

The amount of domestic and foreign debts was more than Bangladesh’s budget for two fiscal years, Rizvi said. 

The masses had stopped eating fish, meat and eggs, he said, adding that millions had become poor again. “People have run out of savings; they are now taking out loans.”

Rizvi claimed there was a conspiracy to hand over the garment industry to other countries.