Hitting out at the Prime Minister for branding their party as a corrupt one, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday suggested Sheikh Hasina to see her own face in the mirror.
“The Prime Minister yesterday (Wednesday) made some objectionable remarks in parliament. She called a major party corrupt, but it had ruled the country five times since its inception and introduced
multi-party democracy and restored press freedom,” he said. Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said, “You (PM) should see your own face in the mirror and know what people’s perception is about you before making such a comment. People know it very well who’re plundering thousands of crores of taka from mega projects and different banks. They also know who’re not indulging in corruption.” Jatiya Ganotantrik Odhikar Mancha arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and its standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy. Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sharply criticised BNP for dropping Section 7 from its charter and making a convict its head.
“Will the party which accepts corruption as a policy or supports it in its charter and accepts a corrupt leader work for the wellbeing of people? They (its leaders) can commit only plundering, killing people and corruption,” she said during her valedictory speech of the 19th session of the 10th parliament.
Protesting the PM’s comments, Fakhrul said revered journalist ABM Musa, who died around four years back, had called Awami League men as ‘thieves’. “Even, Badrudin Omar while talking to journalists at Kolkata Airport a few days back also called them thieves by names.” He also recalled that the army-backed government after 1/11 political change over in 2007 filed 15 graft cases against Sheikh Hasina while four ones against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. “But, she (PM) withdrew the cases filed against her keeping the four ones against our leader.”
