US visa policy for Bangladesh is result of AL‍‍`s anarchy: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the US visa policy for Bangladesh is the outcome of Awami League‍‍`s misrule and mischievous activities.

Speaking at a seminar, he also said that democratic countries are creating various pressures on the current regime to restore democracy as it has destroyed all democratic institutions.

"The USA has imposed sanctions and announced visa policy. It‍‍`s a matter of shame for us, not a matter of joy. A country has imposed (visa) restriction on an independent and sovereign country, because of this Awami League government‍‍`s misrule, mischievous activities and plundering," the BNP leader said.

Fakhrul said the Awami League regime has destroyed all the democratic systems, and institutions, including the judiciary, to cling to power by any means.

"They‍‍`ve (govt) politicised the parliament and the administration, dashing the aspirations of the people of Bangladesh for a democratic state and a democratic society. So, the democratic world is not seeing any other measures rather than imposing restrictions on Bangladesh for the restoration of democracy as the current regime has taken the country to such a bad situation," he observed.

Fakhrul said they together with people and all democratic forces and parties must carry out the movement to restore democracy, give it an institutional shape and build a democratic and free society.

"We have to build a democratic country in a true sense through a united movement. We want to take this vow on the occasion of the death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman," he added.

BNP arranged the seminar titled ‍‍`Martyr President Ziaur Rahman, the promoter of multi-party system in Bangladesh‍‍` at a city hotel, marking the 42nd death anniversary of its founder and former President Ziaur Rahman.

Professor Kamrul Ahsan of Jahangirnagar University‍‍`s philosophy department read out the keynote paper at the program, depicting the different good initiatives taken by late president Zia for the development of Bangladesh and the welfare of its people.