Deputy Leader of the Opposition Anisul Islam Mahmud on Monday raised questions whether market syndicate is more powerful than the government.

“The government has reduced the duty of different goods to reduce their prices. But prices of those goods didn’t decrease. Why can't we control the syndicate? Is the syndicate more powerful than the government?” he said.

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Anisul, also senior co-chairman of main opposition Jatiya Party, made the statement in Parliament while participating in the thanksgiving motion on the President's speech.

“Common people are suffering a lot due to inflation. Weak banking sector, unstable dollar exchange rate, dwindling reserves make the overall economy unstable,” he said.

He said that in case of any problem, the government used to mention Covid-19 pandemic, Ukraine war for it.

“But it is useless to mention such causes. We will have to figure out our own structural problems. Inflation has come under control in every country, including the United States. Why not Bangladesh? These should be discussed in Parliament.”

Anisul said that the present government is strong.

“Then Why can't the government stop extortion? It was expected that commodity prices would go down before Ramadan. But it is not happening.”

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He said that good governance must be established in a bid to make development sustainable.

“Confidence in the judiciary should be enhanced. It should be ensured that the freedom of the media is not undermined.”

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The deputy leader of the opposition mentioned that recently a delegation from the United States came to Bangladesh and they have apparently visited the country for democracy and election.

“But I don't think that's true. They came because of their geo-political reasons. They want to include Bangladesh in some platforms.”

He requested the government not to get involved in the internal affairs of Myanmar in any way.