Staff Correspondent

The BNP has expressed outraged and surprised by the review and comments made by Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh over Bangladesh and its government.

In a press statement, signed by BNP’s Senior Joint General Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizbi, it said, “A video statement of Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh has come to the notice of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). We, like pro-democracy people, are outraged and surprised by his review and comments about Bangladesh and the government.

“Democracy, equality, human rights and social justice are the key consciousness of our great Liberation War which was achieved at the cost of the lives and sacrifices of millions of martyrs. At a time when this illegal government is continuously depriving the entire country from all these rights, the unrealistic statement made by the Chinese ambassador in favor of Bangladesh and the present government has deeply angered and hurt the people,” it said.

Terming the government fascist one, the statement said the current government has snatched the right to vote from the people and destroyed democracy in the country.

The people of the country and Bangladesh Nationalist Party expect that China will stand by the people, not beside illegal government, it said.