There is no rule of law in the country, which is why people are being exposed to the mercy of criminals every day, said Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday.
“People are being killed every day. There were 35 murders last month, but no steps have yet been taken about those incidents” he claimed at a rally in Narayanganj city.
“This government has no right to stay in power even for a single day,” said Ershad, who holds the post of the special envoy to the prime minister.
“The country has turned into a country of enforced disappearance and killings and, to get the figure of the disappeared and murdered people, one needs a calculator,” he said.
The former autocrat added: “Neither the BNP nor the Awami League is thinking of the people in the country. Both of them have become busy gaining their interests. On the other hand, Jatiya Party has been active in parliament as well as in the streets.
“The administrative system has become unstable because of grouping in each and every sector of the government. If it continues, the total administrative system will collapse.”
Taking a swipe at the BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, Ershad said: “People get irritated at hearing the name of Tarique [Rahman], but he will be the prime minister in the country providing that the BNP comes to power.
“In fact, people want a change and that change is seeing the Jatiya Party in State power.’
“In 2007, Tarique threatened to put me behind bars by tying a rope around my waist, but I am not in jail. Of course, people have seen the dire consequence of Tarique,” he recalled.
The JaPa chief pointed out that illegal gas lines were being cut off in Narayanganj and said the government should in fact legalise the gaslines lines, instead of cutting off them.
JaPa Secretary General Ziauddin Ahemd Bablu also spoke there, with party’s MP for Narayanganj 3 Liyakot Hossain Khoka in the chair.
