BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi commented that the border of Bangladesh is unprotected due to the government's submissive foreign policy.
“The government failed to provide security at the border.As a result, the sovereignty of the country is under threat,” he said.
The BNP leader said this in response to a question from journalists regarding the firing on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at a press conference at the BNP central office in Naya Paltan on Monday.
Regarding the letter sent by the US President to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Rizvi said: "The western world, including America,has not given legitimacy to the illegal and dummy elections of Bangladesh. Afew days ago, the US State Department clearly stated that the January 7election was rigged. I do not know that they have made any concession on thequestion of democracy.”
He said: “The Western world engages in relationships with numerous authoritarian nations. When one state establishes connections with another, it involves economic, trade, and cultural ties. The people of the country haven't compromised their freedom; rather, they focus on collaborating with the people of that nation.”
Rizvi also said that 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,” he added.
“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.