‘They have nothing better to do’
BNP yesterday said that Election Commission (EC) is going to unilaterally change names of local government institutions and their posts at the "behest" of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
"Now, EC has no work as they have sent elections to the graveyard. He [chief election commissioner] is now trying to rename 'union parishad' as 'polli parishad', 'upazila chairman' as 'upazila pita [father]' and 'city mayor' as 'mahanagar pita'," said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Speaking at a doa-mahfil, he said, "CEC is changing the traditional names and systems of [local government] institutions following the instruction of Sheikh Hasina. He is not taking opinions of any other political party.
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal arranged the programme on the ground floor of BNP's Nayapaltan central office, to seek salvation for Swechchasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu and BNP Assistant Organising Secretary Abdul Awal Khan.
Though EC is an independent body, Rizvi said the current chief election commissioner (CEC) and other commissioners have become servants of the government by ruining their independent entity.
According to media reports, EC has taken a move to rename local government bodies -- like city corporation, municipality and union parishad -- and their posts -- such as mayor and chairman -- in Bangla by amending existing laws.
The commission also published a proposal in this regard on its website last month, seeking views on the amendment.
About coronavirus, Rizvi said people are being pushed towards death, as they are not getting treatment in rural areas after getting infected.
Stating that he visited some northern districts over the last few days, the BNP leader said people are dying in those areas without treatment, as the entire health system has collapsed.
"There's no treatment in rural hospitals. Going to the hospitals there means carrying a sure death certificate in the pocket. This government has not only introduced an inhumane-political culture by resorting to crossfire, enforced disappearance, and killing, they have also taken all measures to push people towards death," Rizvi observed.
He also alleged that the government has long been taking mega projects, creating scopes for ruling party men to plunder public money, but it did not develop the health sector.
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