The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Tuesday that the ruling Awami League was the biggest sponsor of extremism in this country.
鈥楾his government systematically sponsors extremism in this country. I have nothing more to say,鈥� BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a press conference at the BNP chairperson鈥檚 Gulshan office.
He made the comment countering prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 Monday鈥檚 remark that countrywide mayhem was completely an extremist act designed by a BNP-Jamaat clique to undermine the country鈥檚 development.
She made the remarks while holding a meeting with leaders of 14-party at her official residence Ganabhaban on the day.
鈥楾he incidents, which are happening in the country, are not political matter, but rather a complete act of extremism. It aims at destroying Bangladesh,鈥� she said.
Describing the BNP-Jamaat-Chhatra Dal-Shibir as extremists, prime minister said that they put their claws on Bangladesh to destroy its development.
About the student movement, Fkahrul said that BNP鈥檚 support on the ogoing student movement that initially started demanding reform of quota system in government jobs would continue.
鈥業 have said that we have support for the movement. Our appeal to the agitators is that they will take this movement to its final stage,鈥� he said, adding that the movement of the people will compel this government to step down.
This government must go and a new government should be formed through an impartial election, he said.
At the same time, the BNP leader also demanded that the curfew should be withdrawn and the army should be taken back to the barracks.
He said that the government cried over massacre of the country people during the student protests to keep their power safe.
鈥業 think this massacre should be investigated by the United Nations. We do not believe any investigation by this government. If they are not neutral, it is not possible to trust them,鈥� he said.
He condemned attacks by the law enforcement agencies and the ruling party people on protest rallies called by the students across the country, including in the capital, on Monday and at the same time he demanded release of the arrested students.
Responding a question, Fakrul said that the government now had taken a project to ban Jamaat-e-Islami to divert people attention from the student protest.
鈥楾he government creates an issue and later diverts the issue. Now it is their new issue... another project of theirs,鈥� he said.
鈥榃e have belief in multi-party democracy. This is our declared policy. Our ideology is for multi-party democracy. Communist Party was banned in then East Pakistan... These kinds of decisions have been taken by dictators, who have no relationship with the people,鈥� he said.
鈥榃e are very clear in our statement鈥e believe that those who do politics here have the right to do politics and that it is people who would decide whether they accept or reject them,鈥� he said.
