Moudud slams PM over Padma bridge

Slating the prime minister for her continued World Bank (WB) bashing, BNP stalwart Moudud Ahmed yesterday doubted the premier's intention of building the Padma bridge.
“A confusion has created in public mind whether the prime minister at all wants to build the Padma bridge as she is trying to foil the finance minister's efforts to revive the loan deal by making remarks against the World Bank,” he said.
“There's no doubt that the entire government is involved in the bridge project graft,” Moudud said adding that he has heard that the relatives of the prime minister are returning to the country from Canada fearing that the authorities there may take action against them.
He also demanded an explanation from the Prime Minister's Office in this regard.
The BNP leader was speaking at a discussion titled 'Government's Intolerant Politics, Unbridled Corruption and Duties of Patriots' organised by Jatiyatabadi Sangskritik Dal at the Jatiya Press Club.
He said it is difficult to understand what the prime minister actually wants. On the one hand, the finance minister is trying to woo the World Bank and the prime minister is calling Abul Hossain a patriot on the other.
Moudud, a BNP standing committee member, said it seems that the prime minister does not want to resolve the problem with the WB. Instead, she prefers the conflict to continue. “The people of the country want to know what she actually wants.”
He said the government apparently confessed to indulging in corruption in the Padma bridge project after taking action against Abul Hossain.
Rejecting the PM's remarks on the next general election, the senior BNP leader said there is no democratic country in the world where general election is held without dissolving parliament.