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PM should quit over corruption

Says Fakhrul

UNB, Dhaka
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday demanded immediate resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for what he said, widespread corruption in the government.
“Not only the people of Bangladesh, but also the whole world are pointing finger at you (Hasina) for indulging in corruption... your cabinet, advisers and relatives are recognised as corrupt. So, you should resign right away on moral grounds,” Fakhrul told a discussion in the capital.
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BNP organised the discussion at the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh marking the 34th founding anniversary of the party.
Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was scheduled to address the discussion as the chief guest, did not attend the function due to illness.
Speaking on the occasion, Fakhrul said the prime minister often tried to say that BNP leaders were corrupt, but local and foreign media are now carrying reports on her government's corruption.
The BNP leader once again urged the government to make public the World Bank letters containing the names of those involved in the Padma bridge project corruption.
He alleged that the government had destroyed all the democratic institutions of the country in an effort to perpetuate its power.
Referring to the ongoing dispute between the judiciary and parliament, Fakhrul said the government was trying to make Bangladesh a dependent and failed state in a planned way.
Mentioning that BNP was doing politics for the welfare of the country’s 16 crore people and to restore democracy, he alleged that the government was conspiring to annihilate BNP with a view to re-establish one-party rule.
Slamming the government for filing cases against the BNP leaders, he said the ruling party was trying to keep BNP leaders away from the election by lodging “false" cases against them.
Fakhrul asked the party men to get ready to force the present regime to restore the caretaker government through a movement and establish a pro-people government.
Justifying the 18-party's
soft course of action declared recently, the BNP acting secretary general said they played a responsible role by announcing peaceful programmes as they did not want to go to power through using log-oars and batons. "We want to go to power with people's mandate,” he said.
BNP standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, MK Anwar,
Hannan Shah, Mirza Abbas, Nazrul Islam Khan and Nazrul Islam Khan, and
Vice-Chairmen Abdullah Al Noman and Sadek Hossain Khoka also spoke at the programme.
The BNP leaders recalled the role of late president Ziaur Rahman and BNP in establishing democracy and moving the country forward.
They also vowed to engage themselves in ensuring peace and prosperity of the country and welfare of people in the days to come.