Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Selima Rahman on Friday said that Bangladesh might face a famine-like situation in future due to the government’s misrule and failures.
‘Whenever Awami League comes to power, the country faces misrule and famine. Bangladesh now has got paralysed due to misrule,’ she said.
Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said, ‘Famine is knocking on our door. Ordinary people are starving as the prices of essentials have skyrocketed while thousands of youths have become jobless. Even then, the government is in peaceful sleep.’
Pro-BNP student leaders of Dhaka University Central Students Union and All- Party Students Unity of the 90s arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club marking the 34th martyrdom anniversary of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon during the 90s’ anti-autocratic movement.
Selima, a BNP standing committee member, slammed Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quaer for what she said regularly talking about BNP’s existence and its failure to wage a movement.
‘Why’re you, Quader, so worried about the existence of BNP? You’ve no reason to be concerned about BNP. But the fact is that you’re scared of Zia family,’ she said.
She also criticised the government for not taking effective steps to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh at the early stage.
‘When panic gripped the entire world with the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the government said they’re stronger than the virus. In reality, they pushed people towards death without taking preventive measures and ensuring the availability of tests,’ Selima said adding,
Selima urged all to get united to save the country from ‘misrule’, famine and restore democracy through a movement.
