Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday claimed that BNP chief Khaleda Zia was trying to start a civil war in the country, which is why the number of murders increased in the capital.
Speaking to reporters at the district conference of Rotary International in Sylhet city yesterday, he said: “She is inciting murders in Dhaka because she wants a civil war to happen. But she will not succeed because the government will never allow it.”
He made the remark when asked about the European Union’s concern about a possible civil war in Bangladesh.
“She [Khaleda] has no collaboration with the people of the country. That is why she has no clue about the sufferings of common people. She wants to grab power by holding the people hostage through violence and hartal-blockade.”
Urging the BNP chairperson to leave the path of destruction, Muhith said: “Killing people won’t help after all. The people must get united against to resist such destructive movement and work together to uphold peace and order in the country.”
Presided over by Rotary District Governor MA Latif, the conference was further addressed by special guest and former Indian Rotary governor Nirmal Kumar Sinvi, his wife and Rotary member Dina Sinvi, and former Rotary Club governor Dr Manzurul Haque Chowdhury.