The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said that chief adviser Muhammad Yunus should remove the advisers who are compromising the neutrality of his government.
Speaking to reporters at the BNP chairperson鈥檚 Gulshan office, the party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned that their party would not accept a government that loses its neutrality before the election.聽
鈥榃e expect complete neutrality from the government. We expect this even more from Professor Yunus. If he believes that anyone is undermining this neutrality, they should be removed from his cabinet. He should remain very clean,鈥� Fakhrul said.
If the chief adviser fails to take such actions, people will begin to believe that the government is unable to maintain its neutrality, he said.
鈥榃e have recently seen reports in the newspapers about certain advisers, which have left us disappointed with the government鈥檚 impartiality,鈥� Fakhrul said.
He pointed out that some advisers, who are connected聽with a political party, were using government funds in various sectors for purposes that could not be considered impartial.
The BNP leader alleged that government resources were being utilised to promote a political party.
鈥楾hese activities are undoubtedly eroding impartiality. We are also overlooking several issues, such as government funds being allocated for development in specific areas, as well as for mosques and temples of these areas,鈥� he observed.
Such activities send a message that a section聽of the interim government is not neutral, the BNP leader said.
Fakhrul also expressed frustration over the chief adviser鈥檚 failure to provide a clear election roadmap to hold the election by December this year.
鈥榃hat I believe is that the lack of a specific election roadmap reflects their political inexperience. I am sorry聽to say that,鈥� he said.聽
He thinks聽if a clear roadmap were provided, it would significantly reduce the existing political crisis, allowing political parties to focus on the elections and move forward with the electoral process.
