UNB, Dhaka

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government has been working against independence and it should not be allowed to come to power again in any way.

He said this while speaking at a programme at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity. Bhashani Onusari Parishad organised the event marking former minister Sunil Kumer Gupto’s death anniversary.

Fakhrul came up with the remarks a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said arson terrorist BNP-Jamaat alliance, the killers, the anti-liberation forces and war criminals must not come to power again in this land (Bangladesh).

The PM said this on Tuesday while speaking at a civic reception accorded to her at Ritz Carlton hotel in Washington.

The BNP leader also criticised the government for its stance not to repeal the Digital Security Act. “When all are demanding cancellation of the law you are boasting that it would not be cancelled.”

“Why it should not be cancelled? You are using this (Digital Security Act) as an weapon which you don’t want to lose,” he added.

He said the country will have no existence if the anti-liberation, anti-democracy force comes to power again. “For this reason we have started a simultaneous movement with all the political parties who love the country.”