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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the Awami League government has turned into a “terrible autocrat”.
"This government has become such a horrible dictator that the police are collecting our names by going to our houses. It has also turned the country into an authoritarian and fascist state. So, this regime can’t be given any more time as it has become a burden on the nation,” he said.
Condemning the arrest of a Mohila Dal leader in Rajbari for a Facebook post against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said, “A woman who has two minor kids was arrested in Rajbari. Her crime was that she gave a status on social media against Sheikh Hasina. Are you (PM) a God that nothing can be said against you?”
Fakhrul said this while addressing a rally in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Thursday, reports UNB.
He said everyone has the right to criticise anybody in a democratic country and Mohila Dal leader Sonia Aktar Smriti just exercised her democratic rights.
Fakhrul said the level of repression of the government has reached such a level that Smriti was arrested at night under the Digital Security Act.
Rajbari Police arrested Smriti in the early hours of Wednesday in a case filed under Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly making insulting comments about the prime minister on Facebook recently.
BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units arranged the rally in protest against the killings of Noor-e-Alam and Abdur Rahim in Bhola, Shaon Prodhan in Narayanganj, Shahidul Islam Shaon in Munshiganj and Abdul Alim in Jashore in the current movement against the price hike of fuel and daily essentials.
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