Awami League turns Bangladesh into a failed state: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the Awami League government has turned the entire country into a failed state.

He said the government was not elected by the people. They have clinged to power making people fool and killing democracy-loving people through abduction.

The BNP leader came up with while speaking at a workers' rally organised at Nayapaltan in the capital on Monday in observance of the historic May Day.

Addressing the government, Mirza Fakhrul alleged that they wanted to hold another farcical election in the old way. They have started threatening and intimidating people so that voters cannot cast their ballots and they can grab thye power once again.

Mirza Fakhrul alleged that the entire country has been turned into a massive prison. This Awami League government had established one-party government in 1975 breaking the dreams of our independence. In sequel to it, they want to establish one-party rule again in the country in North Korean style. They are not elected by the people."

Terming the Awami League government as an anti-peasant government, anti-worker government, and anti-people government, Fakhrul said it has no relation with people at grassroots level. "So, they have resorted to using law enforcing agencies and the statecraft to cling to power ignoring the people constantly."