Stop playing the militancy card for political gain, says BNP's Fakhrul

The BNP has asked the government to stop playing the militancy card for political gains.

Speaking to the media on Saturday, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blamed the government of 'fostering militancy instead of uprooting it.'
 
"The government is not keen to solve it. Rather they want use it to for their political gain," he said after inaugurating a photography exhibition on BNP founder Ziaur Rahman at the capital.
 
Fakhrul's remarks come a day after a blast at police outpost near Dhaka airport killed a suspected militant.
 
As he was speaking to the media, an assault led by army commandos was underway at a suspected militant hideout in Sylhet.
 
"The recent incidents have made us extremely anxious. Some three or four similar events have been reported in a week. And government agencies are coming up with accounts that do not match," said the senior BNP leader.
 
He came down hard on the government for blaming his party for the recent terror incidents. "The truth will be never revealed if the suspects are killed. We demand proper inquiry into these incidents."
 
Doubts over Bangladesh Bank fire 
 
"The fire erupted in the floor that houses all documents related to the foreign reserve. Government is yet to come up with a full report on the recent $80 million heist," Fakhrul said.
 
"We have read in the newspapers that Bangladesh Bank officials were involved in the heist. So we have good reasons to assume that the fire incident is also part of the cover up."
 
PM's India tour 'pointless' 
 
Fakhrul termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's upcoming India tour as "pointless" as the deal on sharing Teesta's water may not signed this time. 
 
"The water resources minister has said that the Teesta deal will not be signed. Then why is she going?"

Referring to a possible defence deal with India, he said: "We need to know about this. Because, we have seen in the past that small countries suffer due to such deals. Experts say that such a deal might jeopardise Bangladesh."