BNP yesterday condemned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment on the disappearance of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed as illogical, unrealistic, and cruel. It demanded that the missing leader be presented to court.
“The PM’s remark that Salahuddin might have been taken out of the capital in sacks of trash is illogical, unrealistic, and cruel; we do not have words to condemn the remark,” said a press release signed by Joint Secretary Barkatullah Bulu.
The party demanded that the government produce Salahuddin in court in the shortest possible time to avoid any untoward consequences.
“People expect responsible statements from the prime minister, and the government cannot avoid responsibility by making sarcastic comments on such an important issue,” the statement read further.
Referring to housecleaning at Khaleda Zia’s office, Hasina at a programme on Saturday said: “Who knows maybe he [Salahuddin] was driven out with the junk; Khaleda Zia will have to answer it.”
On Friday, Khaleda alleged that the government may have arrested the BNP leader.
Salahuddin’s family had claimed that plainclothesmen picked him up from a house in Uttara last week. Both police and RAB have denied having arrested or detained him.
