BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said the government would not be able to suppress the ongoing movement for caretaker government by issuing arrest warrants.

“The government has got scared seeing the huge gathering of people in our rallies as our movement is gaining momentum across the country under the leadership of our acting chairman Tarique Rahman,” he said.

Speaking at a rally, the BNP leader said the warrants for the arrest of Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman were issued out of the government’s nervousness. “Can it suppress the movement? We’ll oust this regime through a street movement."

BNP's Dhaka south and north city units organised the rally in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office in protest against the arrest warrants against Tarique and DR Zubaida.

On Tuesday, a Dhaka court issued warrants for the arrest of Tarique and Zubaida in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

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Mosharraf, a BNP standing committee member, said the government has been trying to obstruct BNP’s divisional rallies in various ways, including enforcing transport strikes, out of fear of losing power. “But it has been failing to prevent the mass wave towards our rallies. Our all rallies will turn successful defying all barriers.”

He also slammed the government for what he said indulging in widespread corruption and plundering in the name of mega projects.

 “The country is facing a shortage of dollars because of siphoning off money abroad by the ruling party leaders. So, the country's economy is on the brink of collapse. This regime will be ousted by creating a mass uprising in the days to come,” the BNP leader said.

He said the country’s common people are going through serious miseries due to unusual price hikes of daily essentials.

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"The poor people are now starving while the middle class is struggling to survive. Those who stole votes will never save this economy. Human rights will not be protected by the government which violates human rights. It is not possible to repair the economy of the country by looters,” Mosharraf said.

Another BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas said it is not possible to suppress people’s voices by resorting to false cases and repressive acts.

“This regime has become insane, and the country’s people won’t accept a crazy government,” he said.