BNP Senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is currying favour with foreigners to hang onto power after getting isolated from the country’s people.
“The Prime Minister is out on tours. Those who are alienated from people are now seeking the favour of foreigners (to stay in power),” he said.
Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said Awami League has got completely isolated from people and politically defeated.
“They have become dependent on certain apparatuses of the state and the are dependent on other forces to cling to power. So, they’re going from country to country and door to door seeking a favour. They have no connection with the people of Bangladesh,” he observed.
Sher-e-Bangla Jatiya Jubo Smriti Foundation arranged the discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club, marking the 61st death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to Tokyo on Tuesday at the start of her four-day official visit to Japan.
Tokyo is the first stop during the PM’s two-week three-nation official visit that will also take her to the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Khosru said the Prime Minister will not be able to make any political gain, no matter how many countries she goes around with a stance against the people of Bangladesh. “You have to be defeated. When the people of the country take a decision and take a political stance, no force can fight against them."
He said their party’s ongoing movement for the restoration of democracy will surely turn out to be successful with the spontaneous participation of people.
The BNP leader said the country’s people are closely observing everything they will also impose sanctions on the government and on those who were involved in vote rigging.
BNP Standing Committee Member Selima Rahman, Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, and Legal Affairs Secretary Barrister Kaiser Kamal, among others, spoke at the programme.