Take moral responsibility for Padma bridge fiasco
Fakhrul asks PM, tells her to step down
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to accept the moral responsibility for the corruption charges over the Padma bridge project and step down.
The government was corrupt from top to bottom and that was why no action was taken against the corrupt people identified by World Bank, he said.
He was addressing a rally organised by the city unit BNP at the capital's Naya Paltan protesting repression on the opposition.
“The bribe money had been distributed even before the Padma bridge's construction had begun. The government failed to start the construction only for this corruption,” he said.
Protesting the government's decision to provide transit and transshipment facilities to India, Mirza Alamgir stated that this decision ignored the country's interests.
“We want good relations with each and every country but our country's interest must get top priority. We still did not get Teesta's water and people are being killed at the borders everyday,” he said.
Blaming the Awami League-led government for the disappearance of BNP's organising secretary Ilias Ali, he said the country's human rights situation had deteriorated alarmingly due to a decline in the rule of law.
Meanwhile, BNP standing committee member MK Anwar demanded the finance minister's resignation if he failed to ensure the Padma bridge project's funding.
“The finance minister made irresponsible statements regarding World Bank in parliament. As a finance minister he cannot make such statements,” he said while addressing a discussion at Jatiya Press Club.
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