Awami League Advisory Committee member Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said the BNP would be given no chance to wage movement against issues such as hike in oil and gas prices, and January 5 general elections.
Responding to BNP leaders’ threat of non-stop movement in case energy prices are hiked, Suranjit said: “Prices of oil, gas and electricity will be adjusted in line with prices in the international market.”
“Threats from BNP leaders cannot dictate whether prices will be increased or not which means the party will have no option to stage movement over this,” he said while addressing a discussion organised by Nauka Samarthak at Diploma Engineers Institution in the capital.
Referring to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Suranjit said she has the right to stage movement, but that should be done democratically.
“She [Khaleda] cannot perpetrate violence in the name of movement,” he said.
The Awami League leader said he wondered how the BNP could stage movement when it has got many dissenting voices within the party and cannot even think of forming a committee.
The BNP chairperson on Sunday called on activists to unite and work with the party leaders for the upcoming movement, which she said is likely to be waged in January next year. She also said she too would be on the streets to be a part of the movement.
But Suranjit said the BNP chairperson should regroup her party first.
“Address frustration of the leaders and activists, and then think about movement. Otherwise the month of January will come and go repeatedly, but you will fail to stage movement,” the Awami League leader said, referring to Khaleda.
“Moreover, the people will join a movement only when they will be discontented with the activities of the government. But the incumbent government is prioritising the demands and needs of the public in its activities. So why would they respond to the BNP’s illegal call for violence?” said Suranjit.
The senior Awami League leader advised the BNP policymakers to put their house in order before thinking about waging movement against the government.
