Mentioning that BNP is now in a leadership crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said people do not trust the party for having convicted and fugitive people in its helm.
“Today, BNP has a leadership crisis…people have no trust and confidence in a party that has got convicted and fugitive people in its leadership,” she said in her valedictory speech in the 11th session of the 11th parliament.
she said adding, “Yes, problems may appear among councillor candidates in some places during the local body elections (local body).”
In an oblique reference to Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, Hasina questioned how a party can work for people when those who had to serve jail term for graft and embezzlement of money of orphans and got convicted in the 10-truck arms haul and grenade attack cases are there in its leadership. Sheikh Hasina recalled that some governments in the past had to step down amid movements triggered by vote rigging.
The Prime Minister said the government has taken all sorts of measures to check the coronavirus in Bangladesh and the country earned appreciations from across the world in this regard. “The whole world, including the UN Secretary General, has praised Bangladesh.”
But, she said, BNP misleads people by spreading rumors, telling lies and providing misinformation. “They keep saying their words and we continue our works and serve people. Let them speak in their way,” Hasina said.
