New power bill
The Secretary General of BNP held a press conference on 6th October regarding the newly passed bill that allows awarding of power generation work without tender. He should have been more honest, pro-people and ought to have revealed why the enactment of the bill became an absolute necessity.
The BNP-Jamaat combine stayed in power for five years and 'presented' the country of 164 million with a mere 75-megawatt power generation plant. The contract was awarded to a company which did not have the experience of setting up plants in a tropical country! Moreover, BNP cancelled all the 'finalised' power plant contracts, and failed to negotiate, finalise and start working on 1500 megawatt power generation plants during their long five years in office. They, reportedly, could not decide on 'percentage of commission.' BNP-Jamaat misrule has left the country and the people abandoned on the streets.
We advise BNP policymakers not to oppose for the sake of opposing only. You won't be scoring any point by doing that. Attend the parliament, do not behave like school boys who fight over front seats, talk on behalf of the people who voted for you and sent you to the Parliament, criticise the present government as and when necessary.
Produce electricity and mitigate sufferings of the people. We hope to see more power generation plants in the offing shortly. Only then Bangladesh will achieve economic emancipation, and happiness will prevail.
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