BNP budget proposal today
Government's failure in economic sectors focused
With key focus on "the government's failure in economic sector", the main opposition BNP is to place a budget proposal today offering a number of specific suggestions to boost up the country's economy and to ensure welfare of the people.
"Besides the government's failure to implement budget pledges, the current economic scenario and suggestions for future will be focused in BNP's proposal," said Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, former commerce minister and an adviser to the party chairperson.
Chairperson Khaleda Zia will disclose the proposal for the second consecutive year at a programme at a city hotel today, a day before tabling of the national budget at the parliament by the finance minister.
A group of BNP leaders and the chairperson's advisers including Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Osman Farruk, Dr Mahbubullah, Sabihuddin Ahmed, Abdul Awal Mintoo, among others, were working to prepare the proposal.
The opposition's budget proposal will also feature the government's failure in implementing last year's budget, especially annual development programme (ADP), the party sources said, adding that the finance ministry could not advance a single step regarding Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Recent collapses and "irresponsible remarks of the government high-ups including the finance minister" will be highly criticised in Khaleda Zia's speech while revealing the budget proposals, said a BNP leader asking not to be named.
He also said they will asked the government to massively expand the social safety net programmes as the livelihood costs increased for several times in last couple of months.
Decrease in foreign direct investment and export, trade deficit with India, slow implementation of ADP and failure to contain inflation, among others, will be figured prominently in her speech, he added while talking to The Daily Star.
She will also ask the government to allocate highest amount to the power, education, and defense sector but will criticise the failure to improve electricity generation capability despite giving huge allocation in last three years.
Replying a query, Amir Khasru said the government can accept the opposition's proposals if they believe in democratic gesture.
Khaleda last year placed a set of proposals at a pre-budget meet-the-press, first of its kind by any opposition party in the country's history.
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