Sajeeb Wazed on BNP's tenure: ‘Five years of Bangladesh going backward’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has condemned the ruling by the BNP-Jamaat government between 2001 and 2006, terming the period as "five years of Bangladesh's going backward."

Sajeeb Wazed made this remark in a Facebook post from his verified account, accompanied by a visual report, which displayed a slogan criticizing the BNP-led government: "No electricity, no water, Hawa Bhaban - money treasure."

Taunting BNP leader Khaleda Zia's speech that termed the 2001-2006 tenure as “awe-inspiring”, the visual report mentioned that the tenure was “awe-inspiring” indeed, as incidents such as "murder, repression, politicization, incessant price hike of essentials, unchecked plundering, corruption, money-laundering, extremism, and grenade attack" set a record in post-independence Bangladesh.

The video also incorporated some testimonies of people, in general, against the BNP-Jamaat government. 

One of the people interviewed said: "BNP displayed sheer failure in five years of running the state. It was the government during the tenure of which school teachers were killed, students were murdered, journalists were repressed, and corruption pervaded in every sector."

"I saw Tarique (son of Khaleda Zia) roaming around with motorcycles. Now he owns brand-new cars. Where did these come from? These came through corruption," another person was heard to say in the video.

Another person was heard saying that Tarique became one of the richest men in Asia by laundering money.

Having turned Hawa Bhaban into a parallel powerhouse of the state, Tarique Rahman transformed it into an unwritten hub of bribe, according to the visual report. 

Through massive politicization and syndicate, they artificially increased the price of essentials and thus siphoned off thousands of crores of taka from the public, said the video.