Dhaka – BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that state-sponsored terrorism has spread across the country as the Prime Minister is defending the ‘terrorist acts of her party men’.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is encouraging state-sponsored terrorism by defending the terrorist activities of her party men,” he told a discussion.
Accusing the Prime Minister of instigating extrajudicial killing, the BNP spokesman warned Sheikh Hasina that one day she will have to be accountable for the unlawful killing.Jagpa, one of the partners of the BNP-led 19-party alliance, arranged the programme at the National Press Club.
Narrating some incidents of extrajudicial killing, Fakhrul criticised the government for killing opposition leaders and activists in crossfire and by joint forces.
Referring to the attack on the motorcade of Asaduzzaman Noor MP, the BNP leader said it is a condemnable incident and the offenders should get punished. “The law enforcers had arrested three people in this connection and killed them.”
Rejecting the government’s allegation that BNP is unleashing violence, Fakhrul said BNP does not believe in terrorism and the party is not involved in any terrorist activities either. “People know who are involved in terrorism,” he said.
He also slammed the government for not allowing the opposition to exercise its democratic rights and repressing and harassing the opposition leaders and activists.
Fakhrul said the BNP’s decision of boycotting the January 5 polls was right as it has been proved that no fair election is possible under the Awami League government. – UNB
