'Govt files case to keep BNP leaders out of next polls'
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government is filing cases against senior leaders of the party one after another to keep them away from participating in the next parliamentary elections.
“Awami League destroyed democracy. Now they want to keep Tarique Rahman and other senior leaders of our party outside of election process”, he said while addressing a discussion meeting in Bhasani auditorium in the city's Nayapaltan.
Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal, woman wing of the main opposition party, organised the meeting on the occasion of its 33rd founding anniversary. Noor-e-Ara Safa, president of the organisation, chaired the meeting, which was moderated by its General Secretary Shirin Sultana.
Fakhrul said the government showed absolute failure in running the country and has destroyed all the institutions, pushing the economy downwards. “They also attacked Dr Muhammad Yunus by removing him from the Grameen Bank which he founded as he was trying to enhance our rural economy”.
The BNP leader said the country is passing through a critical point and the economy is being weakened day by day. The country could not achieve anything from Indian prime minister's visit due to lack of a bold foreign policy, he said.
Fakhrul said there is no alternative to movement to protect democracy and independence of the country.
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