When Bangladesh’s progress and development is being praised worldwide, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's remark that Pakistani regime was better is embarrassing, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said.
"Mirza Fakhrul’s remarks have once again exposed BNP's anti-state stance," he said in a statement on Friday.
The minister claimed that no person or organization that believes in independence, sovereignty, democracy, and patriotism, can make comments against the great Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister said BNP wants to introduce Pakistan-style politics in Bangladesh rejecting the country's independence.
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The booming economy of Bangladesh has been praised in Pakistani parliament and media, but the BNP leaders are shamelessly advocating in favour of Pakistan, he said.
Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has drawn widespread criticism, especially on social media, after saying the people of this country were better off under Pakistan’s military regime, both financially and in terms of quality of life.
There were only 22 multimillionaires back then compared to 192,000 right now, the BNP secretary general said. The gulf between the rich and the poor had increased and the low-income people were suffering immensely, Mirza Fakhrul added.
