Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday said the BNP-led alliance was carrying out terrorist activities in the name of blockade in the country.
The blockade, which was called by the BNP-led allinace, was only observed in their statements, he said.
He was speaking at a memorial meeting of Comrade Amal Sen at Bakri villahe under Bagharpara upazila in Jessore.
About the dialogue with the BNP-led alliance, he said: “They want the dialogue and so do we to resolve the problem.
“But they want the dialogue with conditions and with a mind of conspiracy against the country and its democracy and so we do not think such dialogue can be meaningful,” he said.
He criticised the government for “creating disparity in the new pay scale.”
“The employees had demanded that their pay scale be made 1:5 while the government did it it 1:10 [8000:80000].”
MPs Fazle Hossain Badsha, Mustofa Lutfullah and Sheikh Hafizur Rahman also spoke at the meeting, with Workers’ Party President Iqbal Kabir Jahid in the chair.
