BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas. Photo: Collected
BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas has said that the ruling Awami League (AL) retains power by killing people.
AL is using state apparatus to kill the taxpayers, alleged the BNP leader.
He made the comments in a financial grant-giving program organized by BNP for the families of two deceased Jubo Dal leaders- Shamim Mollah from the Mugdha Thana Unit and Abdur Rashid from the Adabar Thana Unit.
Shamim Mollah was killed during the October 28 grand rally while Abdur Rashid on October 29 during Hartal.
The grant-giving program on behalf of BNP Acting Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman was held at the Nayapaltan Central office on
Tuesday (5 March).
Mirza Abbas said about 15,000 leaders and activists of BNP had been killed by AL, making a lot of children orphans, and families helpless.
He said AL destroyed BNP’s October 28 grand rally as part of their plan which included local and international conspiracy groups so that BNP could not participate in the parliament polls.
AL started arresting BNP leaders and activists 18 months before the October 28 mass rally, he said.
"They were even continuously threatening our senior leaders showing fear about jail before the 28 October program," he alleged.
Mirza Abbas said the people of the country had responded to Tareque Rahman's urges by boycotting the January 7 staged dummy election.
Before the January 7 election, Tarique Rahman requested people to refrain from casting their vote for AL.
BNP Standing Committee member said it is not new for AL to kill people. During the 1974-1975 period, the AL government had killed about 24-25 thousand people, he said.
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