BNP on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed BNP for the hikes in the prices of essential commodities just to mislead the people and hide her government’s failure.
“The syndicate government formed through a dummy election is misleading the people by making strange remarks. The government, which has completely failed to control commodity prices, is now blaming BNP for the increase in the prices of essential items,” said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Speaking at a press briefing, at the party’s Naya Paltan central office, he also said the PM at her Friday’s press conference at Ganabhaban said those who are agitating to overthrow the government have some tricks to increase the commodity prices.
"Her such statements mean that her autocracy has become rotten and perverted. Therefore, Sheikh Hasina has no choice but to utter blatant lies and make untrue, fabricated and baseless comments. All these statements are the manifestation of a disturbed mind... that's why she’s resorting to ridiculous lies,” Rizvi said.
However, he said, the prime minister has admitted that commodity prices have gone up limitlessly. "They (govt) have an old habit of shamelessly blaming BNP for their failures, looting, stealing, and misdeeds.”