Claiming the government has been involved in killings and enforced disappearances, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UNGA about war and sanctions doesn't suit her, reports UNB.
“She (PM) is telling tall stories going abroad. She’s saying in US that she doesn’t want war and sanctions...but it doesn't suit her. The government is carrying out killings while more than 600 people have been made disappear,” he said.
Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said several hundred people have been taken to police stations and made crippled while over 1,000 people have been killed by resorting to extra judicial killings. “That’s why sanctions have been imposed on the elite force, RAB, who had earned reputations in the country in the fight against crime earlier, and on its seven officials for executing the government’s unjustified orders.”
Mirza Fakhrul said the country’s people have given sanctions on them (govt) and are saying they no longer want to see the current regime in power.
BNP’s national committee on the celebration of Golden Jubilee of Independence arranged the discussion programme at the Jatiya Press Club.
Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded an immediate end to Ukraine-Russia war and resulting sanctions for the sake of lives and livelihoods of the people throughout the world.
"We want the end of Russia-Ukraine war. Due to sanctions, and counter-sanctions, not a single country, rather the entire mankind including women and children is punished," she made the call while delivering her speech in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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