The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday alleged that the Awami League was still conspiring to destroy democracy in Bangladesh.
The party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, made the allegation at a discussion organised by the Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal, the women鈥檚 wing of the BNP, at the National Press Club in Dhaka.
鈥楢wami League has destroyed the country鈥檚 politics and economy as well as democracy in the past 15 years. They are once again plotting to destroy democracy. Everyone should be careful about this,鈥� he said.
The BNP leader said that anti-democratic elements were trying to raise their heads again.
They should not be allowed to succeed and the BNP should be careful about that, he said.
That is why, the BNP is urging the interim government to hold the election quickly, the BNP leader said.
鈥榃e hope that the interim government will quickly complete necessary reforms and hold elections as the election is the door of democracy,鈥� he said.
Fakhrul said that the messes created by the ousted prime minister and AL president Sheikh Hasina should be removed and elections should be held quickly.
鈥楢n elected government is the best government as people elect them. And, an elected government is the biggest gate of reforms,鈥� he said.
Stating that Sheikh Hasina fled to India on August 5, the BNP leader said that the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman also fled to Pakistan before the 1971 Liberation War.
Advising the party leaders and activists to proceed cautiously, he alleged that the AL government had smuggled one crore billion dollars out of the country in the past 15 years.
鈥榃e will build the state through elections taking the people of the country with us,鈥� he said.
Addressing a separate programme at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital, BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas urged the interim government to let the nation know clearly when they wanted to hold the elections.
鈥楾he situation in the country is a bit confusing. I think the situation is going to get worse. We want to believe that the interim government will raise hope for the nation,鈥� he said.
