BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said that the search committee will send a list of people like outgoing CEC KM Nurul Huda to the president.
"The government will now form the Election Commission (EC) as per their wish to be reelected. They formed a search committee and enacted a law to constitute such a commission. All these steps were taken to fool people,” he said.
The BNP leader came up with the remarks at a discussion meeting on the eve of the last meeting of the search committee scheduled to be held in the afternoon.
He alleged that the search committee was formed with all belonging to the ruling party. “Not a single one is left out. They’ll send the names to the president on Tuesday. The EC may be formed with persons like KM Nurul Huda,” he added.
Fakhrul said the government has completely broken the electoral system of Bangladesh: “Now there’s nothing in it.”
He accused CEC Nurul Huda of helping the government ruin the electoral system and said: “Huda has to face trial for it. He must be brought to justice for depriving the people of Bangladesh of their right to vote and for destroying the electoral system.”
Fakhrul alleged that the prices of electricity, gas and water are being raised repeatedly only because of plundering public money.
He said BNP must take to the streets protesting the price hike in essential items, including rice, pulses and oil.
"The government must answer why the prices of rice and edible oil have gone up. The maximum price per kg of rice was Tk16-17 during the tenure of our government, but it is now TK60-70. The price of per litre soybean oil was Tk54 during our tenure, but it is nowTk180. The reason behind is theft and corruption,” the BNP leader said.
He bemoaned that corruption has engulfed all parts of the state and all the sectors during the rule of the current government.
Fakhrul also alleged that the government's statistics on per capita income growth are baseless.
The BNP leader voiced concern that the law enforcers have continued repressing and killing people: “Law enforcers arrested a man in Sunamganj on Monday and beat him to death, forcing hundreds of people to put barricades on roads to protest the incident.”
He said corruption is rampant in every university while the health system has been destroyed. “There is not a single sector where there is no corruption. The government has destroyed the whole state system," he said.
Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal arranged the program at the Jatiya Press Club titled “Farmer suicide in crop field: A small picture of fascist rule”.
On February 2, a farmer, Shafiuddin, of Sherpur’s Nalitabari killed himself in his crop field in protest against the obstruction to installing an irrigation pump reportedly by the influential ruling party men.
The BNP secretary general urged the leaders and activists of Krishak Dal to get organized to overcome the current situation of the country.
He also called upon the Krishak Dal leadership to play a vital role in ensuring the rights of farmers and the development of the sector through waging movements on different relevant issues.
