Tk 9 lakh crore siphoned from country: Menon
Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon yesterday said around Tk 9 lakh crore has been siphoned off abroad from the country.
“As far as I know, some Tk 9 lakh crore has so far been siphoned off, and the previous finance minister also admitted that Tk 5.25 lakh crore has been taken out of the country with which a national budget can be formulated,” he said.
Menon made the remarks while addressing the Gazipur district unit council of Workers Party, at Bangataj Auditorium in the city.
“The Prime Minister has become a role model of development, but only five percent people are the beneficiaries of it,” said Menon. “Those who run casino businesses are intruders into the party [alliance] and loan defaulters. They accumulate huge sums of money and build second homes in foreign countries with that,” he said.
“The prime minister has launched a drive against them. Don’t spare them as their roots run deep, and they have become unrestrained after having enjoyed power,” he urged the PM, adding, “Now it’s time to remove discrimination from society, and build a modern and secular Bangladesh imbued with the spirit of Liberation War.”
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