The BNP has urged the government to make it clear whether it will allow other political parties to do politics in Bangladesh.
“We want to know clearly from the government whether it will allow others to do politics. I would say the previous [army-backed caretaker] government was more honest than the present government because they enacted a law and said none will be allowed to do politics. But now we are not seeing that honesty either,” Nazrul Islam Khan, member of the BNP standing committee, said yesterday.
Addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan office, the BNP leader protested the “ongoing repression” on the opposition leaders and activists.
“The government are not saying anything verbally, they are not formulating any law, but in effect, the way they are ruling the country, nobody can do politics. It is unjust and offensive.”
Nazrul alleged that false cases had been filed against the senior BNP leaders including Tariqul Islam to stop the party’s activities.
On the prime minister’s statement that BNP-Jamaat might be linked with the killing of foreigners, the BNP leader said: “The way prime minister blamed without any investigation, it seems there is no needs for investigation and court.”