BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi claimed that the Awami League government has wreaked vengeance on the people of the country as they have rejected the January 5 “farcical poll.”
He made the remarks while addressing a press briefing at the Party’s Nayapaltan office on Saturday.
Rivzi said: “The illegal government has exposed its anarchic image in a new dimension to stay at the illegal power forever.
It is taking revenge on people as they have rejected the January 5 farcical polls,” he added.
Claiming that the government is killing the common people of the country through “crossfire,” he said: “The government is conducting killing operations on innocent people across the country in order to defend the farcical and shameful poll.”
Regarding Saturday’s countrywide protest programmes, he said: “We were barred to stage our protest programmes in different parts of the country. The members of the law enforcing agencies attacked our peaceful processions with the help of Awami League goons.”
He further said: “The the devoted law enforcers are killing our people [19-party members] in crossfire and arresting them in false charges in order to ruin the BNP.”
Earlier on January 31, the BNP-led 19-party alliance announced to stage demonstration across the country on Saturday.
The opposition alliance has announced the programme demanding the cancellation of the January 5 election and protesting the DMP’s denial to permit for holding their black-flag processions in the capital.
The leaders and activists of the 19-party alliance have been asked to participate in the programme spontaneously to make it a success.