US embassy in Dhaka seems BNP mouthpiece

Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy in a Facebook post on Monday described a recent comment by the US ambassador in Dhaka as the “local embassy's opinion” as the incumbent US government maintained a strict policy of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.

“So, this is just the local embassy's opinion. As usual, the embassy officials have been spending too much time with their BNP friends,” he said.

Joy said it seemed that the US embassy in Dhaka has become a mouthpiece of the BNP.

They are parroting BNP's claims about the recent election in Gazipur and emphasising irregularities, while they are making absolutely no comment on the BNP's attempt to cause violence in that election, he said.

Joy said there were irregularities at nine polling centres out of 425, which is just 2.1 percent. The Election Commission suspended polling in those centres and cancelled the vote, which is exactly what they are supposed to do, he added.

“All poll observers stated that the few irregularities could not have affected the outcome,” he said.

Joy said in a recorded conversation, BNP's Central Executive Committee leader Mizanur Rahman Mizan was heard organising violence to make the election controversial.

“The US embassy makes no mention of any of this,” he added.