Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP will swallow the entire country if it returns to power.
He said, “When the party was in power, it ate up the foreign exchange reserves of the country. The economy was also ruined. The values of the Liberation War were not honoured either. The ideals of freedom were nonexistent.”
Quader made the remarks at the triennial council of Dhaka District Awami League in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar old trade fair ground, reports UNB.
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves were less than USD 5 billion when BNP left office, he said.
The senior leader of the party said from that position, the foreign exchange reserves went up to USD 48 billion during the tenure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government.
Comparing their council with BNP's rally in Rangpur, Obaidul Quader urged BNP general secretary Mirza Fakhrul to see how many people turned out at the district council even without the presence of Sheikh Hasina.
He said 10 lakh people will turn out at the Awami League rally in Chattogram scheduled to be held on December 4 where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend.
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