Staff Reporter :BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday criticised the government for its failure to check the target killing across the country and it has frightened the peace-loving people.”The extremists and militants taking the advantage of the government’s inactiveness are continuing their killing mission at ease. There is a question now, does the government really want to stop the militancy?” He said. The BNP leader condemned the killing and condoled the tragic death of the priest in Jhenaidah. “Target killing persists in the country. People regardless of their religious identity and professions including Police and their family members are the victims of the despicable and macabre killings. Priest Anand Gopal Ganguli is the latest victim of that killing mission.. “The people now live with fear if they would be the victims of the extremists,” he said.Mirza Fakhrul said that the government had no intention of protecting the people. The ministers, MPs and the ruling party leaders claim there are no IS militants in the country, the law and order situation is very good, people live in peace. “The miscreants become very happy when the ministers and MPs blame opposition leaders and activists for every killing. Such wild accusations without holding fair investigation encourage the criminals only.The BNP secretary general have asked the people to work together to stop militancy and extremism, and asked to government to arrest the killers of Anand Gopal Ganguli. Meanwhile the Senior Joint-Secretary General of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday accused the ruling party of failing to check the price hike of essential commodities. “The ruling party leaders and their partisan businessmen are hording the essential commodities to make quick money. Their greedy mentality has become sources of pain of the poor,” Rizvi said in a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan office.
