Rizvi: Government let loose police against BNP

BNP senior joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that the government has let loose law enforcers like "hyenas" against its leaders and activists out of fear of facing public wrath.

“The Illegal political forces are always scared of facing public wraths. They get terrified by the loud voices of people. That’s why they have let loose the law enforcement agencies like hyenas to foil BNP’s different programs,” he said.

Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, Rizvi also said the government is shedding the blood of opposition activists through attacking political programs of the opposition by law enforcers at different parts of the country.

He accused the government of establishing its control over every constitutional institution from the Election Commission (EC) to the judiciary by appointing people who hold the spirit of the Awami League. “The entire nation has been colonized by the government by placing its own people everywhere,” he added.

The BNP leader said the government has obliterated democracy and snatched the civic and voting rights of people by usurping power.

“The government is using the state machinery to brutally suppress the democracy-loving dissidents. The same way, they are now using its cadres and police force to obstruct BNP programs across the country,” he observed.

The BNP leader said police and the ruling party cadres resorted to various repressive acts to foil their rallies arranged for protesting the hike in daily essential in Dhaka’s Savar, Patuakhali, Magura and Jhalakati.

He said police attacked their party’s peaceful rally on Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar without any provocation: “They charged batons on our leaders and activists, leaving at least 15 of them injured.”

He said that around 50 leaders and activists of their party were injured in Patuakhali as police and the ruling party activists attacked their rally.