BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that corruption is being patronised from the highest level of the government.
“A grand festival of corruption is now going on in the country. This plundering and corruption are being sponsored from the highest level of the state,” he said.
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The BNP leader made the allegation at a press conference at the party chairperson's Gulshan office following a leaked telephonic conversation between Law Minister Anisul Huq and Prime Minister’s Adviser Salman F Rahman on government projects.
He alleged no one, from the ministers to MPs and PM’s advisers, and the ruling party's mayors and chairmen, who are not using the scope of corruption.
“The entire administration, including some senior members of the state forces, has been implicated in this cycle of corruption,” Fakhrul observed.
He also voiced deep worry that the allegations of getting involved in corruption by the judiciary, the guardians of the constitution, are now being raised.
The BNP leader said the ruling party leaders have become very reckless and desperate due to their involvement in corruption.
He also said the Awami League leaders’ misdeeds have now reached such a stage that they now cannot hide or suppress those despite frantic efforts as those are getting exposed before people in one way or another.
“Their misdeeds are now floating in the virtual world, and the ugly picture of their misdeeds is being leaked. The masks of the great corruptors are falling off,” Fakhrul observed.
About the recent leaked conversation between the law minister and Salman F Rahman, he said it has clearly exposed a true picture of the corruption of the government. “This is now a proven fact to the nation.”
Though the country’s people, including BNP, demanded a fair investigation into the incident, Fakhrul said no such visible action has so far been taken by the government in this regard.
On behalf of BNP, he again demanded a fair investigation into the matter alongside launching a trial process without any delay.
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"As a responsible political party, BNP and the country’s people can’t accept this. BNP is demanding that the recognised crime of involving the judiciary with corruption be considered separately,” Fakhrul said.
He also demanded the resignation of the law minister and the Prime Minister’s adviser and all others who are involved with the matter for ensuring transparency in the investigation process.
“We also want those involved in the incident to be brought to justice immediately through an investigation,” the BNP leader said.
Fakhrul also highlighted various media reports on the corruption by the relatives of the education minister in the land acquisition for a university in Chandpur, and the involvement of some other ministers and the Vice-Chancellors of various universities in corruption.