BNP chief Khaleda says government misrule and corruption have crippled Bangladesh

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia claims that misrule and corruption by the government have crippled Bangladesh.

She said on Sunday: “The corrupt minister is still holding the portfolio even after importing rotten wheat. What is the condition of roads? They have been unfit for vehicular movement.

“Flood-hit people are not getting two meals a day. The government is paying no attention to that. That’s why I’m saying the country is not progressing; the country has been crippled.”

Khaleda’s statement came within days after the World Bank said Bangladesh became a lower-middle income country, joining those with annual incomes of $1,046 to $4,125.

She was speaking at an Iftar organised by the pro-BNP engineers’ forum, the Association of Engineers Bangladesh (AEB), at Bashundhara Convention Centre in Dhaka.

The AEB announced its panel for the election to the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh at the Iftar.

Khaleda urged the association members to be united to secure victory in the polls.

She urged AEB President Mahmudur Rahman to get out of jail on bail.

“Mahmudur Rahman has to suffer in jail as he spoke the truth and protested injustice. I wish to urge him to take bail. 

“He had refused bail. I wish to tell him that he has to come back to engineers on bail,” she said.

The former prime minister reiterated her call to the government to hold a snap election where all political parties can contest.

“An election is needed immediately under a neutral government. 

“Only then will democracy will return and good governance, human rights, and fundamental rights would be re-established. People’s security will be ensured,” she said.