Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has said that law enforcement agencies are arresting only the culprits and terrorists after looking through all available video footage, and no peaceful and innocent activists of BNP are being arrested.

Not a single BNP activist was arrested in any upazila of Tangail, the agri minister was speaking at a programme in Tangail's Dhanbari Upazila this morning.

With help from the Department of Agricultural Extension and Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) organised the event.

"It is the responsibility of the government to protect people's lives, vehicles and state assets and to keep the shops open and law enforcement working to ensure the safety and security of the people," Razzaque said.

The minister said, BNP is doing madness and creating anarchy to foil the upcoming elections in the country. And this is their instinctive characteristics. BNP is a party which is devoid of democratic spirit and values. In 2014, 2015, they carried out arson, vandalism and violence, in the same way they carried out the brutal attack on October 28. The policeman was brutally beaten to death, which is not acceptable at all, the AL leader added.

The minister expressed hope that BNP will leave the path of terrorism and violence and participate in the elections and help to guide the country on the path of prosperity.

Earlier, the agriculture minister inaugurated the Dhanbari regional office of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI).