Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Monday demanded cut in power tariff in line with oil price in the international market revising the deal with private companies generating power through rental power plants. It also demanded passing of the proposed budget for the fiscal 2015-16 after reducing power subsidy.
BNP’s current spokesman and International Affairs Secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand at a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the city.
“It is necessary to ensure more transparency and accountability in the deals the government had signed with private companies to generate power through quick rental power plants,” said Dr Ripon.
He also said that the power tariff must be brought down after reassessing the deals, as the oil price in the international market is now much cheaper than when the deals were signed. “We urge the government to pass the proposed budget after lowering the subsidy for power. Or else, we will think that the government did not decrease the power subsidy to allow the ruling party men a chance to make quick buck,” he said.
He urged the government to increase the salaries of judges, teachers and
traffic police. He also urged to withdraw the 10 per cent value added tax (VAT) proposed in the budget on the country’s private universities, medical and engineering colleges.
The proposed national budget for fiscal 2015-16 is scheduled to be passed in Parliament today (Tuesday).
Dr Ripon said that though the budget is going to be passed in a Parliament formed through a voter-less ballot, the BNP feels a compulsion to speak about the budget for its accountability to the people.
He alleged that the government has destroyed the country’s economy with its wrong policies. “Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has created a mess in the economy. The country’s banks have fallen in a dire state during this regime. Ruling party men plundered most of the state-owned banks,” he said.
He also alleged that thousands crore of taka have been siphoned off abroad in the last few years. But, no one is brought to justice for the money laundering.
The BNP on Monday demanded cut in power tariff in line with oil price in the international market revising the deal with private companies generating power through rental power plants. It also demanded passing of the proposed budget for the fiscal 2015-16 after reducing power subsidy.
BNP’s current spokesman and International Affairs Secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand at a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the city.
“It is necessary to ensure more transparency and accountability in the deals the government had signed with private companies to generate power through quick rental power plants,” said Dr Ripon.
He also said that the power tariff must be brought down after reassessing the deals, as the oil price in the international market is now much cheaper than when the deals were signed. “We urge the government to pass the proposed budget after lowering the subsidy for power. Or else, we will think that the government did not decrease the power subsidy to allow the ruling party men a chance to make quick buck,” he said.
He urged the government to increase the salaries of judges, teachers and
traffic police. He also urged to withdraw the 10 per cent value added tax (VAT) proposed in the budget on the country’s private universities, medical and engineering colleges.
The proposed national budget for fiscal 2015-16 is scheduled to be passed in Parliament today (Tuesday).
Dr Ripon said that though the budget is going to be passed in a Parliament formed through a voter-less ballot, the BNP feels a compulsion to speak about the budget for its accountability to the people.
He alleged that the government has destroyed the country’s economy with its wrong policies. “Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has created a mess in the economy. The country’s banks have fallen in a dire state during this regime. Ruling party men plundered most of the state-owned banks,” he said.
He also alleged that thousands crore of taka have been siphoned off abroad in the last few years. But, no one is brought to justice for the money laundering.
