প্রকাশ: 07/08/2022
Stating that the unusual hike in fuel prices has left people
in the lurch, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said
the Awami League government can no longer be allowed to cling to power.
“This regime has destroyed our politics, economy and our
potential. So it can’t be allowed to remain in power anymore,” he said.
Speaking at a rally, the BNP leader said the government has
brought a disaster to the country by hiking the fuel price abruptly on Friday
night as it will push up the prices of all commodities, fertilizer and other
farm inputs and transportation costs.
“It’ll have a very negative impact on our economy and our
economic condition will worsen further, “he warned.
Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal arranged the rally in front of
BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, protesting the killing of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra
Dal's Bhola district unit president Noor-e-Alam and local Swechchasebal Dal
leader Abur Rahim in police firing on July 31.
Fakhrul said the government argued behind the increase in
fuel prices that Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is incurring losses.
“Why it will go into loss? The BPC made a huge profit of
around Tk 39,000 in the previous years. At that time, the price of oil was low
in the international market, but you didn’t reduce it. Even, the fuel prices
have now started to ddecrease in the international market,” the BNP leader
said.
He slammed the information minister for his comment that the
fuel prices are comparatively lower in Bangladesh than in many other countries,
saying the ruling party leaders give people wrong information and statistics to
confuse them. “Their every information is incorrect. So, we urge people not to
get confused by false information.”
“The oil price was $14 in the USA, but it has now
dropped to $3 due to the price fall in the international market. It means the
other countries lower the oil price when it falls in the international market.
But when the price of oil declines in the international market, it increases in
our country for plundering public money,” Fakhrul observed.
He said the fresh hike in fuel prices, especially diesel,
has left the farmers, common people and bike riders in serious miseries. “But
the government is least bothered about it. Because they need police, RAB, BGB
and other forces, not people, to run the country. It won’t continue anymore.
People of the country will no longer allow this regime to run the country in
this way.”
Fakhrul alleged that Awami League has been illegally staying
in power for 15 years by force using the state machinery, including police, RAB
and BGB.
“You’ve already killed many people and made many others
disappeared only to stay in power. In continuation of that, you have killed our
Noor-e-Alam and Abdur Rahim,” he said.
The BNP leader alleged that Bhola Sadar Model Police
Station's officer-in-charge (OC Investigation) Arman Hossain opened fire at the
BNP rally on March 31, killing Swechchasebak Dal leader Abdur Rahim on the spot
and critically injuring JCD leader Noor-e-Alam who later died at a hospital in
the capital.
“We want the government to arrest this police officer
immediately and take proper action against him through a judicial investigation
into the incident,” Fakhrul said.
- UNB
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