Momen's remarks on living in heaven is a joke to people: BNP

Referring to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen's comment that the people of Bangladesh are living in heaven compared to other countries, BNP said it is nothing but a joke with people when they are struggling to survive.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the response while speaking at a press conference on Saturday. 

He said: “At a time, when the people of the country are suffering every moment and finding it difficult to survive amid miseries, then the foreign minister said we’re living in heaven. It’s ridiculous.” 

It is unjustified for AK Momen to ridicule people at a time of their anguish, he added. 

Fakhrul said the Foreign Minister has made such somewhat ridiculous remarks in the past. “But he has no right to make such a mockery."

“I am sorry to speak on a personal level. Lately, what has emerged in his (Momen’s) appearance is that he has become puffed up. What has happened to most of the ministers--let me say in our local language that--their fat has increased, because of widespread plundering,” he observed.

Earlier on Friday, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen reportedly told journalists in Sylhet that people in Bangladesh are happier than those in many other countries as if they are living in heaven amid the global recession.