Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP said that the government has to take big initiatives to fight dengue. He said this at a press conference at the central office in Nayapaltan of the capital on Monday (October 14) afternoon.
Pointing out that the age of the interim government is more than two months, he said, “We think that the power of the people will return to the hands of the people.” An elected government can only work for the people. Where human survival is in question, elected government can act. Government and private initiatives have done a lot of work in flood.
BNP is a grassroots party, he said, 'we are doing according to the capacity of the party. Awareness and service activities have been intensified from today until the outbreak of dengue subsides.
He said that the doctors of the BNP have stood by the injured in the student movement under the instructions of the Acting Chairman of the BNP Tariq Rahman, and today they are standing for the people of the country including dengue-affected city dwellers. For this, the government has to take a big initiative. We can work privately.
Rizvi said, we have already started the work against dengue. Our doctors have also started working. In particular, Ishrak Hossain and Tabith Awal, the 'People's Mayors' of two cities in Dhaka, are working on dengue awareness. Blood collection for dengue patients has started for Nayapaltan central office. A hotline has also been launched for the medical assistance of dengue patients.
In the press conference, BNP Joint Secretary General Advocate Abdul Salam Azad, Health Affairs Secretary Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Volunteer Affairs Secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu, Tabith Awal, Aminul Haque, SM Jahangir, Ishraq Hossain were present.
