BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi commented that the people want to know whether the interim government is pulling the strings like a puppet dance from somewhere else.
Addressing the interim government, he said, 'We are in a kind of fog. The people seem to be in a paradox, in a wall, in a fog. I heard that the former foreign minister was arrested, a few days later I heard that he was roaming in Jackson Heights, USA, I heard again that the Minister of State for Information Arafat was arrested, two or three days later I heard that he was not arrested. What is this deception with the people? Why is this hiding in front of the public? That's what the people want to know.'
He said these things during the chief guest's speech during the distribution of awareness leaflets to prevent dengue by the initiative of Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP in front of Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka of the capital on Tuesday (October 22).
Addressing the interim government, Rizvi said, 'People's vote, people's mandate which has banned people from going to the polling booths by miking, has not allowed the people to go to the polling booths to vote in their own way. Why are the ministers of Sheikh Hasina's era playing such hide and seek about not being caught or arrested who have committed crimes and injustices? Can't people ask questions? Don't people know that from somewhere they are pulling your strings like a puppeteer. You are dancing on that thread. This has become clear.'
He said, 'M Elias Ali, a central leader of BNP, was an elected public representative, Chowdhury Alam was a public representative, Salauddin Ahmed was a member of the standing committee and a former MP minister, he was also detained for 62 days and smuggled to India. Will we repeat that period again? Will we bring that miserable, miserable situation back? Instead of the rule of law, Jubo League's rule will continue, Awami League's rule will continue.'
“We have sacrificed so much for 15-16 years, Chhatra Dal, Youth Dal, Volunteer Dal, BNP leaders gave their lives. They were taken from home and killed in front of his wife, in front of their mother, in front of their father. The bodies of some were found after three-four days in Turag river, Shitalakshya river. This was the destiny of BNP leaders. These incidents were caused by Sheikh Hasina's law and order forces, police and RAB. Will that regime return again? That rule cannot come back.'
Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP convener Rafiqul Alam Majnu, member secretary Tanveer Ahmed Robin, BNP leader Engineer Ishrak Hossain, Juba Dal leader Omar Farooq Kawsar, Chhatra Dal leader Tauhid Awal and others were also present at the time.
