“Obaidul Quader has said corona is under control. But the reality is the virus has spread badly across the country, including villages. Ruling party leaders are making such comments only to hush up the real situation,” said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Talking to reporters while distributing corona safety gears among journalists at Kurigram Press Club, he said Awami League leaders are trying to appease the Prime Minister with their ‘false’ assertions and ‘fabricated’ information about the virus situation.
The BNP leader said corona would not have spread so alarmingly across the country had the government taken adequate preventive measures at the early stage. “The government didn’t sincerely work to contain the virus. The government has completely failed to control the corona situation”
He said many people, including prominent persons, died of the deadly virus, but the government is not letting people know the real situation of the virus outbreak.
“People could have made aware of the corona had they been provided the genuine information about the country’s situation. They (govt) still can’t realise its consequences,” Rizvi observed.
As floods hit different areas amid corona infections, he said, people are going through serious miseries. “The flood-affected people are crying for survival amid food crisis. Many of them took shelter on roads. But the government has not taken any step to ease their sufferings. The flood victims are not being given relief and any other support from the government.”