Fakhrul sees signs of one-party rule
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government's approval to the bill on the impeachment of Supreme Court judges shows it is heading towards a one-party rule.
"This government is trying to re-establish "Baksal" [Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League] in the country by approving an amendment proposal that empowers the parliament to impeach the Supreme Court judges," he said after placing wreaths at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's grave at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
Swechchhasebak Dal, the volunteer wing of BNP, organised the programme to celebrate its 34th founding anniversary.
The cabinet yesterday approved the sixteenth charter amendment proposal restoring the parliament's authority to impeach the Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incapacity.
Fakhrul blasted the government for the National Broadcast Policy 2014 saying that it has curtailed the freedom of the press.
He also criticised Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam for his Sunday remarks that BNP has "connections with international militant organisations."
"Such remarks are truly unexpected of such a senior political leader as him. BNP is a democratic party but the ruling party has been conspiring to abolish it by making this kind of remarks," he said.
Referring to another remark of the AL general secretary about future BNP leadership, Fakhrul said it is absolutely an internal issue of the party and commenting on this is an unwarranted interference in another party's affairs.
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