DOT Desk: BNP today accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of pushing people in harm’s way by establishing an “autocratic regime” in the country, reports The Daily Star.
Transforming one-party rule into an autocratic regime, Sheikh Hasina is putting the people of Bangladesh in danger,” BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said at a press conference held at the party’s Nayapaltan office.
Rizvi, naming 59 jailed leaders including party chief Khaleda Zia, said the government has deprived them of their fundamental rights and demanded their immediate release. “Government’s oppression has made the lives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and thousands of jailed party leaders and activists miserable, suffocative, “said Rizvi.”They have been subjected.