BNP’s Abdul Moyeen Khan terms budget ‘bogus’
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 05 Jun 2015 08:24 PM BdST Updated: 05 Jun 2015 09:11 PM BdST
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A senior BNP leader has termed the proposed 2015-16 budget ‘bogus’, claiming that the government has no legitimacy to present it.
Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday told a discussion in Dhaka that he was not too keen to comment on the budget presented in Parliament on Thursday.
“Who is preparing whose budget? Are those, who presented the budget, representatives of the people?”
“They do not have any right to present the budget,” he said.
Khan, a former planning minister in a BNP-led government, further said there was no need for his party to comment on the budget.
“A bogus Parliament was formed through a bogus election one and a half years ago on Jan 5.
“The budget proposed by that bogus government yesterday (Thursday) is nothing but a bogus budget,” he alleged.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith
placed a Tk 2.95 trillion budget for 2015-16 fiscal on Thursday.
The GDP is expected to grow by 7 percent to Tk 17.167 trillion in the new fiscal year.
BNP leader Khan said the government was ‘sunk deep into corruption’.
“Big projects have been announced for the development of the capital city. But 80 percent of the people in Dhaka, who are from rural areas, are neglected,” he said.
“Please show me a single proposal in the budget that aims to help the neglected people and alleviate their poverty,” he said.
The BNP leader also said ruling Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were ‘frustrated’.
“The frustration is apparent in their behaviour
and body language,” he said.
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