Foreign Minister and Joint General Secretary of the Awami League, Hasan Mahmud, has expressed skepticism about BNP's political strategies following their boycott of the last national election. Speaking to journalists on Sunday before a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, he responded to BNP's claims of "invisible powers" running the country.
Hasan highlighted that the Awami League government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been democratically elected by the people four times in a row. "People's leader Sheikh Hasina is running the country with great efficiency and success," he stated, contrasting this with the BNP's current state of disarray.
Reflecting on the opposition's behavior since the election boycott, the Foreign Minister remarked, "After boycotting the last election, their desperation has reached such a level that they have started believing in invisible forces."
He further alluded to the BNP's occasional appeals to foreign entities for support, quipping, "You know, they go to foreigners every now and then, now I wonder when they will rely on amulets and spells."