BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the Awami League was trying to split the opposition alliance as the ruling party had gone bankrupt.
“The Awami League that once fought for democracy has turned into a politically bankrupt party. If it was not so then it would not try to split another political alliance,” he said at a programme.
Addressing the council session of the Bangladesh Labour Party, a component organisation of the 20-party alliance, at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Fakhrul said: “There is no democratic atmosphere in the country. We cannot hold any rally, meeting and even we were barred to holding rally inside our office.”
The acting secretary general said not only the opposition but also different other views were repressed in the country.
He urged all the patriotic forces to get united burying all the differences to restore democracy in the country.
Fakhrul also raised question about the role of the media. “We became surprised when we see the media just trying to find faults with the opposition. What is the fault of BNP? BNP might have faults but we do not see the media raise voice against those who snatched away people’s fundamental rights.”
He claimed that the Awami League destroyed the electoral process in the country.
“People cannot cast their votes today. People could not cast their votes in January 5 elections, upazila elections and municipality polls. Union parishad election too is very near and they will not be able to cast their votes there too,” he said.
