Finance Minister AMA Muhith has alleged that BNP chief Khaleda Zia was trying to lead the country towards a civil war by “killing people in the capital.”
Replying to a query regarding European Union's concern about a possible civil war in Bangladesh, the minister told journalists: “She is inciting murders in Dhaka because she wants a civil war to happen.”
“But she will not succeed because the government will never allow it.”
Muhith was talking to reporters at the district conference of Rotary International in Sylhet city on Friday.
“She [Khaleda] has no collaboration with the people of the country. That is why she has no clue about the suffering of the masses. She wants to grab power by holding the people hostage through violence and the hartal-blockade.”
Urging the BNP chairperson to leave the path of destruction, Muhith said: “Killing people won't help, after all. The people must get united to resist such a destructive movement, and work together to uphold peace and order in the country.”
Presided over by Rotary District Governor MA Latif, the conference was further addressed by special guest and former Indian Rotary governor Nirmal Kumar Sinvi, his wife and Rotary member Dina Sinvi, and former Rotary Club governor Dr Manzurul Haque Chowdhury.
